Bound & Dragged: Stop Live Animal Export

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Bound & Dragged: Stop Live Animal Export KINSHIP CIRCLE PRIMARY - PERMISSION TO CROSS-POST AS WRITTEN 2/16/08: Bound & Dragged -- Stop Live Animal Export http://www.KinshipCircle.org PHOTOS: Meat and Livestock Australia claims that their training programs have 'improved' animal welfare in Middle Eastern feedlots... These photos --

taken at the Bahrain feedlot, where training courses have been conducted -- show a very different story. MORE PHOTOS & VIDEO: http://www.liveexport-indefensible.com/ EMAIL kinshipcircle FOR WORD DOC OF A FORMATTED LETTER. Easily modify letter and copy/paste it into an email or print out to fax or mail. =========================================================== FULL CONTACT INFORMATION. Sample + email block letter follow. =========================================================== The Hon. Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister PO Box 6022 House of Representatives, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 ph: (02) 6277 7700; fax: (02) 6273 4100 web mail: http://www.pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm Contact the Australian Labor Party email: info website: http://www.alp.org.au/action/contact.php The Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister For Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry Canberra Office, PO Box 6022, Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 ph: (02) 6277 7520; fax: (02) 6273 4120 email: Tony.Burke.MP Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Animal Welfare Unit Product Integrity, Animal and Plant Health GPO Box 858, Canberra ACT 2601 Animal and Plant Health Policy, General Manager, Dr. Bob Biddle

ph: +61 2 6272 5364; email: bob.biddle Animal Welfare Unit, General Manager, Sally Standen ph: +61 2 6272 5411; email: animalwelfare web mail: http://www.daff.gov.au/feedback?query=animalwelfare Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) Live animals: 02 6272 5506, 02 6272 3110 email: animallive, animalexp website: http://www.aqis.gov.au AUSTRALIANS ONLY Contact your Federal MP or Senator: http://www.alp.org.au/people/index.php =========================================================== EMAIL BLOCK: All emails found for this alert. =========================================================== Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, web mail: http://www.pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm info, Tony.Burke.MP, bob.biddle, animalwelfare, animallive, animalexp *Kinship Circle cannot guarantee validity of email addresses. During campaigns, recipients may change or disable their emails. Emails from government or corporate websites may be incorrect. =========================================================== SAMPLE LETTER -- This letter is prepared to inform you about the issue. Try to shorten and personalize your letter before sending.

=========================================================== Dear Prime Minister Rudd and Honorable Officials Of Australia: I write to ask for your intervention in Australia's annual live export of millions of sheep and cows to the Middle East. A December 2007 investigation debunked government and industry claims about enhanced welfare measures. In fact, extensive footage exposed the ruthless handling of Australian animals in Bahrain, the UAE, and Jordan. Animals are seen with their legs tightly bound, wrenched through the streets. They are smashed into car trunks and tossed atop truck beds. Since Middle East countries do not require stunning, animals remain fully alert when their throats are slit. Observers have described killers who strike animals with long knives to cut tendons and shatter joints. Once an animal collapses, his eyes are sometimes stabbed. I implore the

Australian government to advocate a policy of ethical reform. In February 2008 a West Australian Magistrate concluded animal cruelty accusations against Emanuel Exports Pty. Ltd. were confirmed beyond reasonable doubt. Yet, she was compelled to acquit the defendants because the federal government had granted them an export permit. If you disapprove of animal abuse, you are obligated to stop export permits to the Middle East. Australia ought to set responsible and humane standards, rather than endorse an industry deemed legally cruel and in violation of animal welfare regulations. Recent allegations about live-transport brutality seem to represent the norm. Reliable news sources such as 60 Minutes, 7.30 Report, Four Corners, Today Tonight and Landline have broadcast horrific scenes from past investigations. The international community has witnessed animals packed into airless chambers aboard

multi-tiered ships. We've heard about sheep frothing at the mouth as they crush against bars in an effort to breathe. The live export trade functions for profit, and therefore cannot be entrusted to regulate itself. I call upon the Australian government to not only enforce humane regulations for animals leaving its ports -- but to also phase out the industry entirely. The current administration has made strides to renew Australia's image as a compassionate and progressive country. It is time to permanently end the suffering inherent in live exports and barbaric overseas slaughter. Thank you, =========================================================== SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THIS LETTER CAMPAIGN =========================================================== * Live Animal Export: Indefensible (VIDEO and Information)

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