HELP TO SUSPEND ALL ANIMAL EXPORT ACTIVITIES IN THE PORT OF RAŠA NOW!

HELP TO SUSPEND ALL ANIMAL EXPORT ACTIVITIES IN THE PORT OF RAŠA NOW!

Started
16 March 2019
Petition to
Tomislav Tolušić (Croatian Minister of Agriculture) and 3 others
Signatures: 15,249Next Goal: 25,000
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Why this petition matters

(Hrvatski u nastavku)
Laci screamed of fear and pain when violently moved on the vessel at the Port of Raša. But his grueling journey began long before this and hasn’t ended here. After spending hours on a truck to reach the Port of Raša and days on a vessel he arrived in Lebanon where practices such as tendon slashing and eye gouging to disable animals before cutting their throats are daily routine.

Laci is only one of many victims of the cruel live export trade. The small port of Raša in the touristic region of Istria is one of Europe’s major exit point for live animals. Since more than 20 years journalists and NGOs expose the cruel treatment and yet animals like Laci have to horrendously suffer.

Shocking evidence by Animals International shows animals arriving on trucks having to wait for hours before being loaded directly on the vessels. During summer months temperatures were well above 30°C causing dehydrated animals to suffer from heat stress. Animals are violently kicked. They are beaten with wooden sticks and pitch forks. Animals panic, others are too scared and freeze, some are so exhausted unable to stand on their feet. Electric prods are abusively used to force them to move. Some manage to escape but are brutally caught. There is no way out.

The European Commission confirms systematic failure to protect animals at the Port of Raša.

A shuttering report of an audit carried out at the Port of Raša in Sept. 2018 by the European Commission now underlines the systematic failure clearly criticizing the measures to protect animals who arrive at the port and who are transported further by sea.

The audit only confirms the findings of various investigations conducted by animal welfare NGOs. It is finally upon time to end this unacceptable suffering!

TAKE ACTION: On behalf of Laci and all victims of live export please sign this petition. Former ministers have done nothing about it, so please urge the Croatian Minister of Agriculture Marija Vučković to immediately suspend live export activities at the Port of Raša ending the unnecessary cruelty to animals.

For Laci! For ALL animals!

Stop the export of animals.

Please support our work:
Animals without Borders
https://www.facebook.com/animalswithoutbordersHR

The Save Movement
www.thesavemovement.org 

#RasaEmergency #RasaAnimalSave #forLaci
#BanLiveShipments #BanLiveExport
#StopLiveExport #StopTheTrucks

 

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ZAUSTAVITE ODMAH SVE AKTIVNOSTI OKO IZVOZA ŽIVOTINJA U LUCI RAŠA!

Opis fotografije: Laci je vrištao od straha i boli pod udarcima kada su ga izvlačili iz kamiona i tjerali uza strmu rampu na ulazu u brod u luci Raša. Njegov mučan put nije počeo niti završio ovdje, počeo je mnogo ranije. Nakon sati i dana na kamionu do luke Raša, slijede dani na brodu koji stiže u Libanon gdje je uobičajena praksa rezanje tetiva i osljepljivanje kako bi se onesposobilo i umirilo životinje prije klanja.

Laci je samo jedan od mnogih žrtava okrutnog transporta živih životinja. Mala luka Raša u turističkoj regiji Istri jedna je od glavnih europskih izvoznih luka za žive životinje. Više od 20 godina novinari i nevladine organizacije razotkrivaju barbarski okrutno postupanje sa životinjama, dok Laci i njemu slični i dalje užasno pate u transportu na najokrutniji mogući način.

Šokantni dokazi koje su prikupili aktivisti
Animals International razotkrivaju da životinje koje pristižu kamionima čekaju satima prije ukrcaja na plovila. Za vrijeme ljetnih mjeseci temperature su visoko iznad 30°C te uzrokuju toplinski udar i dehidraciju, a životinje strašno pate trpeći vrućinu i stres. Uz to, standardna je praksa vrlo brutalno i nasilno udarati životinje, tući ih drvenim štapovima i davati im elektrošokove.

Životinje su u panici, prestrašene, a neke oduzete od straha i ne mogu se pomaknuti, a većina ih je toliko iscrpljena višednevnim putovanjem kamionom da ne mogu stajati na nogama i teško se kreću. Elektrošokeri se koriste da bi se pokrenule uza strmu rampu za ukrcaj. Neke uspiju pobjeći, ali ali ih brzo uhvate.

Ne postoji izlaz ni bijeg iz toga pakla.

Europska komisija potvrđuje sustavno kršenje Zakona o zaštiti i dobrobiti životinja u luci Raša.

U šokantnom izvješću o reviziji koju je Europska komisija provela u rujnu 2018. godine u luci Raša naglašava se sustavni neuspjeh i jasno se kritiziraju mjere zaštite životinja koje stižu u luku Raša odakle se dalje transportiraju brodovima.

Revizijom su potvrđeni nalazi različitih istraživanja koja su provele nevladine organizacije za dobrobit životinja. Konačno je došlo vrijeme da se ova neprihvatljiva patnja zaustavi!!

PODUZMITE NEŠTO, DJELUJTE! Uime Lacija i svih žrtava transporta živih životinja molimo vas da potpišete ovu peticiju. Prijašnji ministri nisu ništa učinili po tom pitanju pa vas molimo da pozovete hrvatsku ministricu poljoprivrede Mariju Vučković da zaustavi sve aktivnosti uz prijevoz i izvoz živih životinja iz luke Raša i time zaustavi ovu nepotrebnu i barbarsku okrutnost nad životinjama.

Za Lacija! Za sve životinje!

Zaustavite transport živih životinja.

Molimo vas podržite naš rad:
Životinje bez granica
https://www.facebook.com/animalswithoutbordersHR

The Save Movement 
www.thesavemovement.org

#RasaEmergency #RasaAnimalSave #forLaci
#BanLiveShipments #BanLiveExport
#StopLiveExport #StopTheTrucks

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Decision-Makers

  • Tomislav TolušićCroatian Minister of Agriculture
  • Marija VučkovićCroatian Minister of Agriculture
  • Raša Animal SaveCampaigner
  • Ministrica Marija VučkovićMinistrica