How you can help
The live export trade will continue until the Australian government recognises it as an inherently cruel practice and bans it.
RSPCA Australia has joined a global coalition of animal welfare organisations to launch the "Handle with Care" campaign, demands an end to the long distance transport of animals for slaughter.
To help RSPCA Qld succeed in its long-running battle to end the Live Export Trade, we urge you to write or e-mail the Prime Minister and the Minister for Agriculture Tony Burke MP. You should also contact your local federal member.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
c/- Parliament House
PO Box 6022
Canberra ACT 2600
Ph: (02) 6277 7700
Fax: (02) 6273 4100
E-mail via: http://www.pm.gov.au/email.cfm
The Hon Tony Burke MP
c/- Parliament House
PO Box 6022
Canberra ACT 2600
Ph: (02) 6277 7520
Fax: (02) 6273 4120
E-mail: Tony.Burke.MP@aph.gov.au
You can also help to end the suffering caused by the long distance transport of livestock within Australia by purchasing free range meat or humanely produced meat. If unsure, ask your butcher if the meat was produced locally. Livestock that have been farmed closer to the location of sale are less likely to have endured the suffering associated with long distance transport.
Other ways to help
· Encourage friends, family and colleagues to choose humanely produced food products.
· Sign an RSPCA Qld “Ban Live Exports” protest postcard – phone 3426 9936
· Sign the RSPCA Australia “Fair Go for Farm Animals” e-petition
· Collect signatures on the RSPCA's petition to ban live exports - download the petition (PDF)
· Learn more about the live export trade.
· Support RSPCA Qld’s “Fair Go for Farm Animals” campaign. Phone 3426 9936 or e-mail campaigns@rspcaqld.org.au for more information.
To learn more about other RSPCA Qld campaigns, click here.
Click here for RSPCA Qld’s “Consumer’s Guide to Humanely Produced Food”.
Download this information as a fact sheet – click here.
