For about two months, hundreds of cattle have been in the middle of the sea aboard the Elbeik ship, without enough food or water. The Animal Welfare Foundation denounced it.
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For about two months, hundreds of cattle destined for export have been stranded in the middle of the sea aboard the Elbeik ship, without enough food or water. Animals from the European Union fell ill with bluetongue, an infectious disease affecting mainly sheep and cattle.
And due to their health conditions, they were not unloaded in Libya, the ship's destination country. From that moment a real odyssey began for the cattle.
"Since then, the ship has stopped in several countries and unloaded some of the 1.800 head of cattle originally loaded." denounce theAnimal Welfare Foundation (AWF), which has been involved in promoting and guaranteeing animal welfare since 1983. “But there are still animals on board. The captain and crew are desperate. They no longer have enough food and water for the remaining animals. "
As announced on Facebook, the Animal Walfare Foundation team has already informed the EU authorities and is working to secure the release of the animals. For some time, the AWF has reiterated that "the emergency plans provided for by the law do not work for exports of live animals by ship."
It is not yet known whether the animals on board were destined for slaughter or for reproduction but this makes no big difference.
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Posted by Animal Welfare Foundation on Saturday, February 13, 2021
And animals always pay the price. For this reason, the AWF appealed to the European Commission, asking to immediately stop the transport of livestock, which too often turns into a drama.
A few months have passed since the tragic accident at sea, which took place in southwest Japan, which resulted in the death of dozens of people and around 6000 cows that were on board a ship to be exported to China. In 2019, a merchant ship with over 14 sheep on board capsized off the coast of Romania, but the list of incidents is really long. The time has come to say enough, once and for all, to these nightmare journeys for animals.
Fonte: Animal Welfare Foundation
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