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Every year millions of farm animals are transported alive by road, sea, rail and air between EU Member States and to third countries for breeding, reproduction, fattening and slaughter. These are exhausting journeys in which animals are subjected to stress and suffering, as we have repeatedly documented during our inspections.

We call for a revision of EU legislation with the aim of protecting animals and banning long-distance transport.

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OUR REPORT FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Italy is also involved in live animal transports and in our report we have included all the violations and problems we have documented in years of investigations along the borders and roads of our country. In particular, we propose solutions to politicians and institutions to put an end to the drama of long-distance transport and the other suffering to which all animals are forced during these journeys.

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ESSERE ANIMALI INVESTIGATIONS ON TRANSPORT

AT THE BORDER TO DOCUMENT THE CRUEL JOURNEYS OF LAMBS IMPORTED FOR CHRISTMAS

Italy, December 2022

Our team returned to the border between Italy and Slovenia to document the conditions of lorries transporting lambs under three months old before the Christmas season. During journeys that can last up to 30 hours, the animals are forced into overcrowded conditions, with broken drinking troughs and shelves that are too low for them to move freely, with the risk of suffering bumps, bruises and other injuries. Read more

THE HELL OF TRANSPORTING LIVE ANIMALS IN HIGH TEMPERATURES

Italy, July 2022

In the extreme heat of July, our investigation team monitored several trucks transporting live animals along the A1 motorway between Lodi and Bologna, following them to the slaughterhouse. The temperatures inside the trucks reached up to 40°C: the pigs were gasping for breath due to the high temperatures and were visibly suffering. Many of them had no access to water. Most disturbing is that all this is legal. Read more

THE SUFFERING OF LAMBS DURING EASTER TRANSPORTATION

Italy, April 2022

We went to the Slovenian border to document the conditions of lambs imported from Eastern Europe into Italy to be slaughtered before Easter. We spotted and chased four vehicles, three of which were stopped by traffic police and fined. Two were from Hungary and one from Romania. Among the violations was the insufficient height of the shelves, which forced the animals to make unnatural movements. We also documented a lamb stuck for hours with one leg between the bars of the truck, and drinking bottles unsuitable for sheep. Read more

30 HOURS ON A TRUCK: THE TERRIBLE TRANSPORT OF LAMBS FOR EASTER

Italy, March 2021

Every year, Italy imports hundreds of thousands of lambs from different European countries, primarily Hungary and Romania. In 2019, these countries accounted for 773,300 lambs, about 33% of all lambs slaughtered in our country. The journey to Italian slaughterhouses is often torture for these animals: they spend up to 30 hours crammed into overcrowded trucks, without food or water.

OUR ASKS

The revision of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 “on the protection of animals during transport and related operations” is a unique opportunity for the European Commission and EU co-legislators to ensure more and better animal protection and to act on the most serious problems in order to spare animals avoidable suffering.

That is why we ask:

  • A ban on the transport of live animals to non-EU countries.
  • The limitation of journey times for the transport of live animals to a maximum of eight hours for pigs, cattle and adult sheep and four hours for poultry and rabbits (which must be transported in specific containers);
  • A ban on the transport of animals that are:
    • unweaned;
    • in an advanced state of pregnancy (having exceeded 40 per cent gestation);
    • at the end of their productive life;
  • A ban on the transport of live animals if the expected outside temperatures are below 5° C or above 25° C, subject to clear definition of the following parameters:
    • specific species – and category – conditions for the fitness for transport of animals;
    • minimum and maximum outside temperatures;
    • space availability;
    • availability and mode of provision of food and water;
  • To limit intra-EU maritime transport as much as possible, only allowing it when strictly necessary, with the suitability of vessels approved by an EU authority that verifies compliance with strict technical and mandatory requirements;
  • To develop a clear definition of ‘travelling time’, which is to be understood as the time elapsing from the ‘beginning of the journey’ to the ‘end of the journey’, including the loading and unloading of animals. In the case of transport by sea, ‘travelling time’ includes the time the animals spend on the road from the farm to the port and from the port to the ‘final destination’, as well as the time the animals spend on the vessels and during loading and unloading;
  • The reduction and eventual replacement of the transport of live animals with that of meat and carcasses, and seeds and embryos, as recommended by FVE, OIE, and EFSA.

We also call for stricter enforcement of EU legislation, which must be accompanied by more controls and inspections, as well as strict sanctions for infringements.

Our report presented at the European Parliament

We presented our report in Brussels, in collaboration with Eurogroup for Animals and the Intergroup on the welfare and conservation of animals at the European Parliament. Several MEPs and staff from different parliamentary groups and member countries took part to the event, to learn about our proposals in view of the revision of the EU animal welfare legislation scheduled for the end of 2023.

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Dear Commissioners,

Every year millions of farmed animals are transported alive by road, sea, rail, and air within the European Union (EU) Member States (MS) and to extra-EU countries for breeding, fattening and slaughter purposes. The protection of animals during transport and related operations is disciplined by Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 (hereafter named Regulation 1/2005).

In the last decades, however, a vast body of scientific literature, official reports by the European Commission and investigations from civil society organisations have extensively shown that Regulation 1/2005 is not only being poorly enforced by MS, but it fails to adequately protect animals since it is based on outdated scientific knowledge.

In the Farm to Fork Strategy, the European Commission has set the goal “to revise the animal welfare legislation, including on animal transport and the slaughter of animals, to align it with the latest scientific evidence, broaden its scope, make it easier to enforce and ultimately ensure a higher level of animal welfare”.

The revision of Regulation 1/2005 represents a unique opportunity for the European Commission and the EU co-legislators to strengthen and improve the protection of animals during transport, along with effectively addressing the most urgent welfare issues to spare animals any avoidable suffering.

In light of these considerations, I/we call for a revision of Regulation 1/2005 that must include:

  • A ban on the transport of live farmed animals to extra-EU countries
  • A ban on long-distance transport of live animals within the EU and a limit on maximum journey times of 8 hours for adult bovines, ovines and swine, and 4 hours for poultry and rabbits
  • A ban on the transport of unweaned and pregnant animals (for whom 40% or more of the expected gestation period has already passed)
  • The definition of species- and category-specific conditions to ensure fitness for transport, and to establish minimum and maximum external temperatures, space allowance parameters, and the provision of watering and feeding during the transport of live animals within the EU.
  • The reduction, refinement and replacement of the transport of live farmed animals by that of meat/carcasses and semen/embryos, as recommended by the FVE, OIE and EFSA.

We further ask for stricter enforcement of the Transport Regulation, alongside a higher number of official inspections and controls, and more severe sanctions in case of verified infringements.

My/our requests join those of tens of thousands of European citizens that have recently participated in the public consultation on the revision of EU animal welfare legislation and have unanimously expressed the urgency to adopt improved and stringent dispositions to enhance and advance the protection of animals during transport and related operations.

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