Cow-attraction in front of the Brandenburg Gate: Protest against animal transports!

Cow-attraction in front of the Brandenburg Gate: Protest against animal transports!

A striking sign against animal transport was set in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin: Animal welfare activists have hung an impressive cow dummy. With a height of four meters, the action symbolizes the protest against the cruel conditions, under which animals are often transported over long distances. This impressive demonstration took place against animal transport as part of the international day and was launched by the organization four paws, which has been strong for higher animal welfare standards for years. Insuedthueringen.de reports that the dummy was attached to a crane and a clear sign of a national ban on Living animal transport, especially in states outside the EU.

The background of this urgent demand is alarming. Long -distance transports of animals are often only carried out for economic reasons that root in intensive livestock farming. Here animals are bred in one country, raised in another and slaughtered in a third party. These circumstances not only cause significant suffering, but also raise the question of responsibility. The organization of four paws emphasizes that many importing non-EU countries use zoologically questionable battle methods, which often run without anesthesia and are therefore by no means animal welfare. The global animal welfare landscape shows that the security standards in many countries are very different, as tiereschutzvereine.de.

The real danger of animal transport

What happens to the animals on these long trips? Many of them, including poultry, pigs, cattle, sheep and goats, are exposed to extreme conditions during transport. They not only suffer from stress, but are also suspended serious injuries or even death. four-pfoten.at explains that these long-distance transports have become more important by the centralization of the slaughterhouses and the striving for minimizing production costs. As a result, animals are exported to other countries in order to be slaughtered in the sometimes cruel conditions.