45 cows and one bull they were seized to a farm in Valle D’Aosta where cattle were found severely malnourishedamong the corpses of about ten cows, probably starvation. There Network of free animal sanctuaries in Italy look for one ethical accommodation for cattle, which risk ending up in the hands of other farmers intent on treating them in the same way.
The appeal was also launched on the Internet’s Facebook page last October 6, but the situation has not yet been resolved. It must be done quickly!
AND race against time to save the 46 cattle that have already suffered so much. As reported by a press release from the Network, the poor animals were found by agents of the Forestry Corps and by the ASL vets who intervened last June and other cows had been buried near the stable.
After so much suffering, the risk now is that they will be entrusted to other breeders to be exploited again until slaughter – explains Sara D’Angelo of the Network, which brings together around thirty shelters for animals rescued from the slaughterhouse or from a life of suffering – We will not take into consideration of breeding farms, educational farms or other places where animals are exploited
The organization was tasked by the authorities with finding accommodations for the animals and is available to transport them towards new homes also in other regions, but it is difficult to find adequate structures, given that it is necessary to accommodate the cattle be equipped with the stable code.
The Aosta Valley breeder was reported for animal cruelty and illicit waste disposal (animals found lifeless). Among his other charges there was already a previous proceeding for undue receipt of European contributions.
The utopia of animal welfare on farms
They come every year approximately 70 billion animals are raised in the world: and two out of three are raised intensively, in very small spaces and treated as production machines instead of living beings with their needs and suffering.
It’s the fault ofhuge demand for meat which comes mainly from the Western world if intensive farming has become increasingly widespread, places that not only produce the 17% of the European Union’s total emissions and which contribute strongly to the deforestation of the Amazon, but where the animals very often come torturedraised in inhumane conditions and then killed in ways that do not always respect the laws on preventive stunning.
Here we are faced with a case of non-intensive farming, where however the cattle were treated inhumanely anyway (and it is not the first case). This is why we ask ourselves whether animal welfare and farming can really coexist, even if there have been and still are some commendable examples.
For this reason, perhaps, the cultured meat (far from synthetic) could be a path towards all-round sustainability.
For information and requests for adoption of these poor animals who have already suffered so much you can write to the email porcikomodi@vitadacani.org or via whatsapp on 349.6386171.
Sources: Network of free animal sanctuaries in Italy / Network of free animal sanctuaries in Italy/Facebook
