Australian beasts beatific to barbarous deaths in Egypt - change is needed
Australian cattle sent to brutal deaths in Egypt PRESS RELEASE, 24-02-2010 The re-opening of the live cattle trade to Egypt has been condemned by Animals Australia today. 16500 cattle departed from Fremantle last night - the first shipment since Animals Australia exposed the brutal treatment of cattle in Egypt in 2006. An Australian government 'Export Order' requires the cattle to be slaughtered at a new facility at Al Sokhna in Egypt, but cattle will still be slaughtered in a way that is brutal and illegal in Australia. Animals Australia's Executive Director, Glenys Oogjes said today, "This is not the good news story that live exporters would like us to believe. The welfare of Australian cattle will not be protected in Egypt. At this new abattoir they will be subjected to the stress of a restraint box which will trap their bodies and rotate them 140 degrees before having their throats cut whilst fully conscious. Cattle can take up to 2 minutes to lose consciousness after the throat cut, causing them immense suffering." "The slashing of leg tendons in Egyptian abattoirs which caused the trade to be suspended is no different in barbarity to the slashing of a conscious animal's throat. That the live export industry would provide animals to be subjected to such a fate is shameful." "The only government abattoir in the Middle East now stunning cattle and sheep unconscious prior to slaughter is in Jordan as a direct result of Animals Australia working with the Princess Alia ...
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