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Struggling to stay afloat, they had no
chance. Locked inside a ship that had
overturned, their thick coats became waterlogged as the water
crashed in from all sides. As they slowly drowned, they
screamed for help, their legs dangling from their now-toppled
enclosures. This was the fate that recently befell
nearly 15,000 sheep, en route from Romania to Saudia
Arabia. Their original end destination: the slaughterhouse.
While not all of the sheep
drowned, the story doesn't get happier. Rescue crews managed
to "save" 32 of the animals, or approximately 0.002% of the
herd — only to send them straight to slaughter
anyway. Other countries and regions are banning these
types of exports due to the extreme inhumanity of it all.
Australia briefly banned live animal exports to the Middle
East after a video that showed sheep dying agonizing deaths
due to extreme heat aboard ships. It's time for the European
Union to step up to the plate. There is only one way
to ensure no more animals meet such grim, terror-filled
deaths. Sign the petition and tell the EU to do the
right thing and ban all live animal exports to non-EU
countries!
Thank you for all that you do,
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Miranda
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The Care2 Petitions Team |
P.S. They were
trapped, scared, and helpless as the water rushed in. This was
the "Titanic of sheep", and it must wake us up. Tell the EU to ban all live animal exports to
countries outside of the EU! |
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