John,

Crying, cold and hungry, over 110,000 unweaned calves — some barely two weeks old — have been torn from their mothers this year alone. A single company, Brittany Ferries, is responsible. These poor baby cows are forced onto brutal 18-hour ferry journeys across the sea. They either die miserably or arrive barely clinging to life.

Thirty years ago, the French shipping giant made the right choice to stop live animal transport. But now it's shamefully reversing course – resuming this cruel business simply to chase quick profits.

But there’s hope. Brittany Ferries put animal welfare over profits thirty years ago because the public pressure was impossible to ignore. Today, with our global community taking action, we can build an international movement of millions to force Brittany Ferries to choose compassion again.

Tell Brittany Ferries: Stop live exports. Put animal welfare first!

These babies need their mother’s milk and warmth to grow healthy and strong. Instead, calves are ripped from their mothers, crammed onto ships, and then left to starve and freeze for hours on end. Sea transport is the most dangerous and stressful form of travel for live animals. Brittany Ferries knows that. That’s why it stopped this practice decades ago.

These journeys could be violating EU law, because accordingly, baby calves need to be fed every 9 hours – and this isn’t really doable in a cramped ferry boat across the sea. Even worse, investigations reveal that many of the animals face horrific conditions such as forced fattening or slaughter once they arrive at their destination.

This is just business based on pointless, profit-driven pain – and it will continue, unless we put a stop to it.

We must act now – without our support, tens of thousands more calves will be loaded onto ships in the coming weeks and months. But if enough of us demand Brittany Ferries to stop – it will listen – just like it did 30 years ago. Let’s do it:

Tell Brittany Ferries: Stop live transports across the sea! Put animal welfare first!