Should the transportation of animals to slaughter, be improved?

1. Should the transportation of animals to slaughter, be improved? By: Lindsey Mullins

2. The transportation of animals from the farms to slaughter houses has so much room for improvement.

3. Most important factors in transporting • Animal condition • How many animals are being transported • Distance of transport

4. Good management combined with well-designed equipment must be used together to insure adequate animal welfare during transport and slaughter

5. Most animals are transported in double deck trailers. These trailers are fine for goats, sheep, and pigs. They’re not suitable for horses and cows.

6. Double deck trailers

8. Press Exclusive

9. Press Exclusive’s Story… All that money, nearly a half million dollars worth of racetrack winnings, couldn’t help her as she thrashed in panic and fear. Flailing beneath the hooves of 30 other terrified horses, last December in a tractor-trailer heading for a Canadian slaughterhouse, once-winning race mare Press Exclusive had lost her balance on the truck, and her place in the world. No longer valuable as a racehorse or a broodmare — she gave birth to nine foals—she fell down among the legs and hooves of the other slaughter-bound horses, and was pummeled as she struggled beneath them, writhing in the shavings and manure.

10. Press Exclusive (as of 9/24/13)

11. Trailers that are traveling long distances require a rest stop every 32 hours.

12. The most over looked factor of animals on the way to the slaughter house, is there condition.

13. Animal condition

14. Are there any questions or comments???