42 People and 5, 800 Cows Die During Live Animal Transport

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A ship carrying 43 crew members and approximately 5, 800 cows capsized in the East China sea after distress signals were sent entering an area affected by Typhoon Maysak. Unfortunately, it is being reported that only 1 crew member survived leaving 42 crew members and all 5, 800 cows dead in this tragic YET PREVENTABLE accident.

Live animal transport has come under heavy scrutiny as of late due to another accident off the coast of Romania that saw 14, 000 sheep drown. Animals transported in this manner deal with a plethora of health and safety risks without considering the possibility of the ship going down. These animals are crammed into areas with very little room to move causing emotional and mental distress. They are left with very little access to clean food and water and are likely wading through their own bile which pollutes the air they breathe during their entire journey. There is absolutely no regard for the well being of animals during these transports as it is quite obvious that these sentient beings are viewed as nothing more than products which allows for disassociation when putting them in these awful and unsafe conditions.

Why are we still allowing this to continue knowing the dangers involved with transporting this amount of live animals? One could argue that the ship going down was not planned of course, but throwing cows into an enclosed and crammed area where they can barely move or eat was planned and is completely immoral. Profit over animal livelihood is something that activists have been exposing and fighting against for decades. If we continue to look at animals as nothing more than products, there will never be change and animals will continue to suffer tremendously as we exploit them for our own ambitions.

The only solution is to ban live animal exports. There is no excuse for putting thousands of animals in harms way. There is no excuse for allowing a ship carrying thousands of potentially pregnant cows to enter an area that has been hammered by a typhoon. Why didn't the ship or organizers of this live export delay their travels knowing the current weather conditions? The answer is simple, because animals mean nothing in the scheme of things when we consider profits and this is yet another example of how our profit driven motives have put thousands of innocent animals in harms way.

We need a ban on live animal exports across the globe. How many ships have to capsize killing thousands of innocent animals before people recognize that this is unsafe? How many reports of unsafe and unhealthy conditions must emerge before our eyes are opened to the horrors of live animal exports?

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