Crying, cold
and hungry, over 110,000 unweaned calves — some barely two weeks
old — have been torn from their mothers this year alone. A single
company, Brittany Ferries, is
responsible. These poor baby cows are forced onto brutal
18-hour ferry journeys across the sea. They either die
miserably or arrive barely clinging to life.
Thirty years
ago, the French shipping giant made the right choice to
stop live animal transport. But now it's shamefully reversing
course – resuming this cruel business simply to chase quick
profits.
But there’s hope. Brittany Ferries put animal
welfare over profits thirty years ago because the public pressure
was impossible to ignore. Today, with our global community
taking action, we can build an international movement of millions to
force Brittany Ferries to choose compassion again.
Tell Brittany Ferries: Stop live exports. Put animal
welfare first!
These babies need their mother’s milk and
warmth to grow healthy and strong. Instead, calves are ripped
from their mothers, crammed onto ships, and then left to starve and
freeze for hours on end. Sea transport is the most dangerous and
stressful form of travel for live animals. Brittany Ferries knows
that. That’s why it stopped this practice decades
ago.
These journeys could be violating EU law, because
accordingly, baby calves need to be fed every 9 hours – and this
isn’t really doable in a cramped ferry boat across the sea. Even
worse, investigations reveal that many of the animals face
horrific conditions such as forced fattening or slaughter once
they arrive at their destination.
This is just business based
on pointless, profit-driven pain – and it will continue, unless
we put a stop to it.
We must act now – without our
support, tens of thousands more calves will be loaded onto ships in
the coming weeks and months. But if enough of us demand Brittany
Ferries to stop – it will listen – just like it did 30 years
ago. Let’s do it:
Tell Brittany Ferries: Stop live transports across the
sea! Put animal welfare first!
