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Take action now to drive the abuse off Europe's roads
Every year, 80,000 stressed horses are packed into trucks and driven long distances across Europe to slaughter. Exhausted, diseased, injured and travelling for days over thousands of miles: these horses are desperate for food, water and rest. We need you to help us to convince the European Commission to introduce a maximum journey limit of 9 to 12 hours, ending the torment caused by these relentless journeys.
In November the European Commission published its long-awaited report into the Regulation governing long-distance transport of horses to slaughter in Europe. We were dismayed that the report does not propose any changes to legislation, despite recognising that “severe animal welfare problems persist” and that scientific evidence supports our call for change. The report proposes more effective enforcement, rather than change, of existing laws to address welfare problems. Read more.
We need your help to continue our campaign to convince the European Commission to introduce a maximum journey limit.
Please email Commissioner Dalli today, to show him how strongly you feel about this issue.
Over the past three months your support has been invaluable, with people from 62 countries downloading over 3000 Action Cards to send to MEPs, asking them to show their support for our campaign. Thank you so much and please keep up the great work.
In October we held a stand in the European Parliament, Brussels, where MEPs from across Europe could bring the Action Cards you have been sending them and show their support. See photos from the stand in our transport campaign Facebook album.
Our Dossiers of Evidence outline the problems we have seen during our field 
investigations and use scientific evidence to underpin the call for change in the Regulation. We handed our latest Dossier of Evidence, which contains compelling evidence on the suffering endured by horses travelling to slaughter, to the European Commission at the end of October. The Dossier was received by Harry Vassallo, Commissioner Dalli’s representative. You can download our latest Dossier of Evidence or a short summary at the bottom of this page.
We need your help to continue our campaign to convince the European Commission
to introduce a maximum journey limit.
What you can do today -
- You can continue to show how important this issue is to you, and keep it on the agenda, by emailing, phoning or sending a special campaign postcard to MEPs.
Request your postcards here.
Find the contact details for all your local MEPs here.
- Share the campaign across Europe today in any way you can - with your friends and family, on Facebook, on Twitter...
- Help us go global - Do you have friends and relatives abroad who you can tell about our work in Europe?
- Write to the local press
- Spread the word among the public - at shows, clubs, shops, events, parties, your yard...
- Get creative to spread the word! Could you make your own campaigning t-shirt? Make posters and banners to display? What else could you do to get the word out there?
You have already proven how successful your action can be with the adoption of Written Declaration 54/2009. With your help and the help of MEPs we can convince the European Commission to introduce a proposal for short finite journey limits and drive this abuse off Europe's roads for good. We would also love to hear about what you have been doing to support our campaign. Get in touch on facebook and twitter or email campaigns@worldhorsewelfare.org
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