A torture that we never wanted to document, but it is necessary to talk about to stop the horror that is forced into hundreds of pregnant mares attached to machines that suck their blood.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himA torture that we never wanted to document, but which we need to talk about to stop the horror that hundreds of pregnant mares attached to machines that suck their blood.
An undercover investigation carried out byAnimals Angels and from the Tierschutzbund Zuerich / Animal Welfare Foundation reveal a chilling truth: once again to profit, man violates dignity of animals in a cruel way.
In the United States, as stated in the report, there are real ones 'blood farms' where pregnant mares are raised exclusively to be attached to machines that suck their blood which will then be used by pharmaceutical companies for biological research experiments or for the production of veterinary diagnostics and drugs.
Medicines are also imported into Europe, for this reason the Party for the Animals has launched a proposal to change the European legislation for the importation of gonadotropin (PMSF). Production is prohibited in Europe but importation is not yet prohibited.
“Now the European Parliament no longer wants to allow the entry of veterinary drugs for which animals have been mistreated. This is good news but the abuse of pregnant horses cannot be tolerated anywhere "says the MEP. Anja Hazekamp.
It is now up to the European Commission to accept the European Parliament's request.
Blood taken from pregnant mares is particularly coveted because it contains gonadotropina (PMSG, or Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotropin), a hormone used as the main ingredient of many products that are used to artificially induce heat in sows, so as to achieve fast reproduction.
So in summary: horses are exploited to then exploit pigs in turn.
According to Animals Angels, there are several US companies involved in the trade. Some buy the mares and exploit them on the blood farms, others buy the finished product from Argentina or Uruguay.
Pharmaceutical companies manage to bill Millions of dollars with blood. In short, a big business, as the president of Animals Angels explains, Sonja Meadows:
For example, Syntex Uruguay SA, one of the largest producers of these drugs, exported a product value of $ 8 million in 2014 alone. A sector that remained in the shadows for a long time and now uncovered by this investigation we conducted in America, Uruguay and Argentina. We have discovered what horses are forced to go through for this business not regulated and documented ".
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The table shows how much blood and plasma cost
Where are the inspections by government agencies? "They are non-existent", denounce the angels of animals. "There is nothing that regulates how much blood is taken and how often."
“These animals are basically invisible. These companies can basically do what they want with these horses, without fear of reprisals, ”he says Meadows.
The mares are continually pregnant, if they are too weak to carry on the pregnancy they are made abort. Those who survive become blood-producing fillies themselves; males are sold to slaughterhouse. Same thing happens when they get too old and 'no longer needed'.
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Let's stop this horror with a petition
A horror to which we cannot remain indifferent, for this up Avaaz one was launched petition.
SIGN THE PETITION HERE
"It looks like a horror movie: hundreds of pregnant mares attached to machines that suck their blood, some so weak that they collapse and die. But now we can stop all of this. This large-scale horse torture is powered by European pharmaceutical companies to increase production from our factory farms! The EU is considering measures, but so far did nothing of concrete.
Time to stop these crazy deaths! European ministers will meet in just 2 weeks, let's put them in the spotlight with a huge petition to ban the violent blood trade
To the Parliament, the Commission and the Council of the European Union:
We ask you to ban the importation into Europe of any product obtained by cruel techniques or which causes animal suffering. As one of the world leaders in animal welfare, Europe should also apply its standards to imported products.
The death of these mares is not the only horror: so much blood is drawn that many remain in shock, or become anemic. And since blood is only useful if they are pregnant, they are often forced into multiple pregnancies and miscarriages.
The market is driven by pharmaceutical companies, which sell the hormone found only in this blood to factory farms, to cause pigs and other animals to heat up unnaturally. Another madness in this sad story.
But if we denounce this horror with a huge global mobilization, we can get a ban on all products obtained from the suffering of animals, making it difficult for any company to profit from violence ”.
SIGN THE PETITION HERE
Dominella Trunfio
Credits: Animals ‘Angels Inc.
