Boiling temperatures inside the trucks, lack of fresh air and the build-up of urine and manure in the containers the animals are stacked in are commonplace (Photo: Compassion in World Farming)

Tomorrow MEPs can end EU animal export horror show

Rule of Law

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by Olga Kikou, Brussels,

Every year more than three million live animals are exported from the EU to third countries for fattening and slaughter. The transport conditions on the trucks and ships are often unbearable, causing the animals immense suffering on journeys that can last days, weeks or even months. It is commonplace for some to perish in transit.

In the worst disasters thousands die.

In 2019, more than 14,000 sheep destined for export drowned when the cargo ship carrying them capsized in Romania...

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Author Bio

Olga Kikou is head of Compassion in World Farming EU.

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Boiling temperatures inside the trucks, lack of fresh air and the build-up of urine and manure in the containers the animals are stacked in are commonplace (Photo: Compassion in World Farming)