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[ [link removed]- ]Filthy, exhausted cows and calves crammed on top of each other as they
are transported to be slaughtered.

John,

More than a billion animals a year are beaten, dragged, and crammed onto
filthy, overheated trucks and boats to be transported for fattening or
slaughter. Their cries of distress and terror can be heard during the
relentless, and often excruciatingly long, journey.

But there’s hope. The EU is the biggest exporter of live animals, and it's
considering a ban on this cruel trade. With your help, we could win it.

Our campaign is gaining momentum. Germany has already announced a ban –
and now Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sweden are signalling
support. But there’s stiff opposition from France and Spain against
regulation in Brussels. We need your help to really turn up the heat on
these big players to get them on board, like commissioning new research,
lobbying key ministers, running targeted ads, and exposing the companies
behind the opposition.

Together, we could tip the balance and help win a Europe-wide ban this
year – can you chip in today to end this animal cruelty?



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Every year, Europe exports more than 1.6 billion live animals. Piglets,
chicks, cows, lambs and other farm-raised animals endure never-ending
journeys to their fattening or slaughtering destinations. These animals
suffer abuse and horrific deaths along the way caused by physical trauma,
dehydration, exhaustion, hunger and illness.

An EU ban would put an end to this cruelty, in Europe and all the
countries it exports to, and would save millions of animals from dying
unnecessarily during transport.

It would be better for people too. Moving huge numbers of animals across
long distances in cramped, dirty quarters can lead to disease spreading
and antibiotic resistance. Not to mention the enormous carbon footprint of
each journey.

Winning a ban won’t be easy. Mega-exporting countries like France and
Spain are pushing back hard with help from the global meat and livestock
industries – our chance of winning rests on support from Ekō members like
you.

With your donation and the support of hundreds of thousands of Ekō members
from across the globe, we can run the campaign tactics needed, within key
countries and at the EU level, to fight for a ban – and amplify the
pressure from Germany, Sweden and other member states already onboard with
a ban.

Can you chip in now to put an end to this animal cruelty? 



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John, whether we campaigned on pesticides, human rights, or
deforestation, Ekō and its members have a proven record of successfully
pushing the EU to do the right thing. And once the EU does something, the
world follows. Can you join the fight?



  Thanks for all that you do,  
Yasmin, Fatah and the Ekō team



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More information:

[ [link removed]- ]The biggest animal welfare crisis you’ve never heard of, Vox, 16
January 2023.

[ [link removed]- ]EU revealed to be world's biggest live animal exporter, The Guardian,
27 January 2021.

 

Anything extra raised will power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting
for people and the planet.

 

Ekō is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy.

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