MEPs demand better protection of animals during transport – Kelleher

The European Parliament has just voted for a range of proposals to improve the transportation of live animals across the EU and to other regions. In a vote today, MEPs called on EU countries to respect animal welfare during transport and to transition to transporting meat and not live animals.

The recommendations include restricting journey time for domestic animals going to slaughter to eight hours or less.  MEPs are also demanding that pregnant animals in the last third of gestation should not be transported for more than four hours.

And they say unweaned calves aged less than four weeks, should not be transported except by farmers and over a distance shorter than fifty kilometres (50km).

Fianna Fail MEP Billy Kelleher, who had concerns about some of the recommendations before the vote, explains what will happen next.

Out words: years ahead

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