John,

An unimaginable stench of faeces and ammonia has engulfed Cape Town ever since a ship carrying 19,000 live cattle docked in the harbour more than two-and-a-half weeks ago! 

These farm animals, like the billion others that are transported for fattening and slaughter each year, have travelled for weeks crammed on a filthy, overheated cargo ship under awful conditions. But it doesn't have to be this way.

Europe is the biggest exporter of live animals, and right now the EU and UK are considering a ban on this animal cruelty. With elections coming up fast, we have an incredible chance to get politicians across Europe to back the ban. But to pull it off, we really need to step up our campaign. 

With just $5 from every Ekō member, we could launch an all-out push: commissioning new polling and research, lobbying behind closed doors, running targeted ads, exposing companies behind the opposition and whatever else it takes. Can you chip in to ban this animal cruelty for good?

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First, 14,000 sheep drowned in the Black Sea and nobody seemed to care; then, 19,000 cattle were found in a boat, crammed in a build-up of faeces and urine for two-and-a-half weeks. And still, no one cares. But we do, and we can't let this cruel business go on.

From Europe to New Zealand and Australia, governments are shyly discussing regulations to strengthen animal welfare standards. But they are under immense pressure from the agriculture lobby, who care only about higher profits, even if it means killing millions of animals and putting billions through hell.

That's why we need your help to take our animal welfare campaign to the next level. Together we can fight to make sure that no more animals go through this kind of pain and suffering while they are transported.

That means quickly ramping up our work in the EU as well as the United States, Australia, Mexico, and Brazil to get them all on board. John, together we can stop this animal cruelty – can you chip in now to help? 

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