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Dr Stanislaw Komorowski
Embassy of The Republic of Poland
47, Portland Place
London
W1B 1JH
Dear Dr Stanislaw Komorowski
I’m appalled that Poland exports horses for meat. Poland
is the biggest exporter of live horses for slaughter in Europe
- 87,000 each year. Most of the exported horses are sent to
Italy, which involves horrendously long journeys. Horses destined
for Sardinia travel 2500km which takes some 95 hours. The
trucks are extremely overcrowded. Horses often lose their
balance and fall, struggling desperately to regain their feet.
Once down, they are likely to be trampled, urinated, defecated
on and wounded by their companions. Resting periods are often
ignored and horses are reloaded regardless of their condition.
At the slaughterhouse, stunning methods can be performed incompletely
if at all, so that the animals regain consciousness while
their throats are being slit. Many are slaughtered in full
view of their companions.The laws that do exist are not enforced
so that even injured and diseased horses are made to travel
without rest.
I demand that Poland bans the live export of horses for meat
immediately. This cruelty must stop.
Yours sincerely
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