This is incredible. In just 2 days, over 105,000 Australians have joined our campaign to end live animal exports. If you have seen the shocking footage of how Australian cattle are being treated, you know why.
We've just learned that 3 more boats of cattle are being loaded to depart for Indonesia tomorrow. The animals on those boats are bound for Indonesian slaughterhouses where they will be maimed and tortured before suffering the most painful deaths that the animal welfare movement has ever seen.
What's more, this callous slaughter is carried out in facilities that use equipment paid for by Australian taxpayers and inspected by Australian authorities.
We're delivering the huge national petition to Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig at 3pm tomorrow. Can you add your name now and forward this to friends and family?
www.getup.org.au/campaigns/
So far, the Government have failed to take action to stop more Australian cattle suffering, despite the shocking footage provided by Animals Australia and shown this week on ABC's Four Corners.
A huge public outcry right now, while the Government and the public are paying close attention, can ensure that not one more ship loaded with Australian cattle is allowed to leave an Australian port bound for Indonesia.
Please add your name and forward this email to friends and family:
www.getup.org.au/campaigns/
Thanks for being part of this,
the GetUp team
--- our earlier email ---
Did you watch Four Corners tonight? What they showed was absolutely shocking: www.getup.org.au/campaigns/
Dear Adam,
Right now Australian cattle are being maimed and tortured before suffering the most painful deaths that the animal welfare movement has ever seen.
What's more, this callous slaughter is carried out in facilities that use equipment paid for by Australian taxpayers and inspected by Australian authorities.
Tomorrow we're presenting a petition at Parliament House in a press conference with the RSPCA, Animals Australia, and the Australasian Meat Industry Employers Union (AMIEU). The urgent petition calls on Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig to end the cruel practice of live cattle export.
Can you join the campaign and forward this to friends and family?
www.getup.org.au/campaigns/
If you weren't convinced before, just watch this video footage from Animals Australia. Warning: the video is hard to watch, but it's worth the discomfort if we can help prevent this happening to other animals.
Let's call on the Government to immediately halt the live export of Australian animals to Indonesia and move towards an end to all live exports of Australian animals within 3 years. A huge public outcry right now, while the Government and the public are paying close attention, can ensure that not one more ship loaded with Australian cattle is allowed to leave an Australian port bound for Indonesia.
If you've seen the horrific footage of cattle being slaughtered in Indonesian abattoirs you'll know there is simply no room for more excuses from an industry that has had over a decade to fix this problem.
www.getup.org.au/campaigns/
Our campaigners are in Canberra tonight with experts from the RSPCA and Animals Australia. The Agriculture Minister has already started to walk back from his previous support for live exports -- but another inquiry or investigation isn't enough. It's time to end live exports. Please join the campaign and forward this email to friends and family.
Thanks for taking a stand,
the GetUp Team
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I have sent letters to politicians, signed the petitions. This evil trade has to be stopped!
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