By Deb Baxter - The Body ShopWSPA has launched a new online campaign to mobilise Australians around the country to approach their local MP about the extreme cruelty of Australia’s live sheep trade to the Middle East.
Dubbed the Humane Chain, the campaign will see concerned Australians writing or talking directly to their local MP about live export cruelty and then sending a special chain letter to friends and family urging them to do the same.
A dedicated website - the humane chain - has all the information people need about the appalling cruelty of live export, letter writing tools and contact details of their local MP. Once a person has made contact with their MP they can add their name to a visual chain on an online map of Australia showing exactly where people have taken action in every corner of the country.
It’s all part of an exciting new phase of the Handle with Care global campaign to end the long distance transport of animals for slaughter, with emphasis in Australia on the live export of sheep to the Middle East.
“The online map will be a great visual representation of the sheer number of people in every part of Australia who’ve had enough of live export cruelty and want it to end, once and for all,” said Handle with Care spokesperson Emily Reeves. “Australians expressing their concerns about live export cruelty to their local MP is a major step on the path to the Australian government ending the trade, so I urge everyone who cares about animals and their wellbeing to get involved.”
Australia is the largest exporter of animals for slaughter in the world, with the sheep trade to the Middle East involving around 4 million animals annually. During the journey from Australia to the Middle East, heat stress and diseases such as scabby mouth, pink eye and salmonellosis are common. Tens of thousands of sheep die on the journey every year.
For sheep that survive the trip, a terrible fate awaits them in the hands of countries that have no or unenforced animal welfare laws. It is common for sheep to be horrendously handled and slaughtered in ways that would neither be legal nor tolerated within Australia.
Dubbed the Humane Chain, the campaign will see concerned Australians writing or talking directly to their local MP about live export cruelty and then sending a special chain letter to friends and family urging them to do the same.
A dedicated website - the humane chain - has all the information people need about the appalling cruelty of live export, letter writing tools and contact details of their local MP. Once a person has made contact with their MP they can add their name to a visual chain on an online map of Australia showing exactly where people have taken action in every corner of the country.
It’s all part of an exciting new phase of the Handle with Care global campaign to end the long distance transport of animals for slaughter, with emphasis in Australia on the live export of sheep to the Middle East.
“The online map will be a great visual representation of the sheer number of people in every part of Australia who’ve had enough of live export cruelty and want it to end, once and for all,” said Handle with Care spokesperson Emily Reeves. “Australians expressing their concerns about live export cruelty to their local MP is a major step on the path to the Australian government ending the trade, so I urge everyone who cares about animals and their wellbeing to get involved.”
Australia is the largest exporter of animals for slaughter in the world, with the sheep trade to the Middle East involving around 4 million animals annually. During the journey from Australia to the Middle East, heat stress and diseases such as scabby mouth, pink eye and salmonellosis are common. Tens of thousands of sheep die on the journey every year.
For sheep that survive the trip, a terrible fate awaits them in the hands of countries that have no or unenforced animal welfare laws. It is common for sheep to be horrendously handled and slaughtered in ways that would neither be legal nor tolerated within Australia.
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