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Article: Hellish trip for animals.(News)
- Article from:
- Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
- Article date:
- July 21, 2003
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New EU regulations to ease the suffering of livestock being transported across Europe are to be welcomed but whether they will be adhered to is another matter.
Existing regulations are being flouted now and even laughed at in some countries which do not recognise animals as sentient beings.
Sending livestock overland and sea lasting days on end without food, water and rest, defies civilised conduct and should be ended.
The crocodile tears of pro-hunt British livestock breeders constantly broadcasting the myth that foxes carry off baby ...