Animal Welfare Groups Expose Cruel Livestock Transport from France to Morocco

The association leaders did not appreciate the fate reserved for these animals, reports TSA. According to Adeline Colonat, a member of the Welfarm association who attended the conveyance of these beasts in the ports of Sète, it is an endless parade of trucks that fill the cargo ships of several stalls with animals, cattle, sheep and sheep in the port of Cartagena in Spain during the hot period in July and August last.

In the images broadcast by the associations at the port of Cartagena, the animals are beaten with sometimes electric shocks. According to TSA, one of these animals that escaped and tried to flee by sea was caught and beaten before being dragged into the container.

For Welfarm, it is the meat of unwanted male animals in France but exported to these Maghreb countries, including Morocco. "The animals are born in France in intensive or small-scale farms. Then they will go through collection centers where the animals are grouped according to their size and weight. They are then transported by truck to the port of Sète or to Cartagena or Tarragona," says Adeline Colonat.

These cargo ships can contain up to 3,000 animals that undergo degrading treatment before reaching their final destination. The journey can vary between two or 15 days depending on the destination country. The activist also deplores the slaughter conditions. "We know that in these countries, there is no infrastructure necessary for slaughter. Beyond slaughter without stunning, it is the agony of the animal that is very long." According to her, the killing of these beasts is endless and the breeders do not have the means to immobilize the animals. "They chase them, they hit them, they drag them with ropes, they hang them by the legs. It’s really the whole part before death that is unbearable for the animal," she laments. According to Adeline Colonat, France should only send carcasses and meat.