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Two years ago Viva! revealed that 150,000 pregnant
cows are sent to slaughter each year - many approaching
full term (click here
for background info on this campaign). Nationwide
high street protests followed, forcing the reality
of animal slaughter into the public domain.
Now, we have received pictures of fully formed
calves and piglets who have been cut from their
heavily pregnant mothers on the slaughterline.
These animals may already be capable of independent
life yet they are simply dumped alongside piles
of intestines. They are the forgotten victims
of the meat industry. Abattoir vet Gabriele Meurer
has witnessed the slaughter. She told Viva!,
“Sometimes when pregnant animals are hanging
on the line bleeding to death, you can see the
unborn babies kicking inside their mothers’
wombs.”
Pregnant animals and their unborn babies are
offered virtually no protection by the government,
who state that they, ‘do not believe further
legal measures are necessary to protect their
welfare. Viva! disagrees. We are pushing for change
by taking this horrific new evidence to the public
and to the media. Please join our campaign and
help us to publicise the depraved, heartless attitude
that lies at the heart of modern meat production.
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