Will they live happily ever after?
Announcement posted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Australia 04 Jun 2020
The Editor,
Dear Editor,
Be grateful you weren’t born as a commodity. 56,000 sheep were due to be loaded on board a ship, transported over the equator in intolerable heat, only to meet a grisly fate in the Middle East, where we have repeatedly seen videos of men tying them up and throwing them in car boots or slaughtering them with blunt knives in the streets. Due to an outbreak of COVID-19 on the live export ship in Fremantle, it was too late to send them – conditions on board, always dire, are even more horrendous as the northern hemisphere warms up from June.
So is this a reprieve? Will they live happily ever after? No. The sole purpose of the meat trade is to make a profit from the suffering of sensitive, gentle animals. They will now be slaughtered for supermarket shelves, despite the fact that the market for red meat in Australia is shrinking fast.
We may not be able to stop the abuse of these animals. But we can stop any more being born into a life of fear and pain by simply not buying their body parts or fleeces. It’s a simple equation: the big corporations will not breed them if we don’t buy them. Going vegan is better for your health, the environment, and of course the animals who won’t have to suffer.
Desmond Bellamy
Special Projects Coordinator
PETA Australia
PO Box 2352
Byron Bay NSW 2481
0411 577 416
DesmondB@PETA.org.au
Dear Editor,
Be grateful you weren’t born as a commodity. 56,000 sheep were due to be loaded on board a ship, transported over the equator in intolerable heat, only to meet a grisly fate in the Middle East, where we have repeatedly seen videos of men tying them up and throwing them in car boots or slaughtering them with blunt knives in the streets. Due to an outbreak of COVID-19 on the live export ship in Fremantle, it was too late to send them – conditions on board, always dire, are even more horrendous as the northern hemisphere warms up from June.
So is this a reprieve? Will they live happily ever after? No. The sole purpose of the meat trade is to make a profit from the suffering of sensitive, gentle animals. They will now be slaughtered for supermarket shelves, despite the fact that the market for red meat in Australia is shrinking fast.
We may not be able to stop the abuse of these animals. But we can stop any more being born into a life of fear and pain by simply not buying their body parts or fleeces. It’s a simple equation: the big corporations will not breed them if we don’t buy them. Going vegan is better for your health, the environment, and of course the animals who won’t have to suffer.
Desmond Bellamy
Special Projects Coordinator
PETA Australia
PO Box 2352
Byron Bay NSW 2481
0411 577 416
DesmondB@PETA.org.au