Horror: Human Leg and Journeys Essay

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Terrified animals making desperate efforts to escape after having their throats cut open; others with eyes stabbed; leg tendons slashed; and being butchered while still alive... This is the nightmare endured by animals who were exported live from Australia to Egypt. If it weren't for the brave actions of one Egyptian vet who alerted Animals Australia, this cruelty may have gone completely unchallenged.

the journey by boat can take up to 3 weeks, during which time the animals remain in cramped conditions and must endure all weather extremes.

routinely mishandled, dragged, and many have their legs Bound together and are thrown in the boots of cars, in a region that often has temperatures hovering near 50°Cin summer. including being tripped to the floor by ropes. Common abuses documented include: eye gouging, being whipped, hit and kicked, having their tail broken and even having their leg tendons slashed.
Slaughtered whilst fully conscious inadequate restraint, pressure on internal organs and prolongation of the already stressful slaughter process.
90 seconds to be eventually apprehended, despite its head hanging off following the knife cut. oily rags tied over their eyes as they are prepared for slaughter, led past carcasses still twitching with nerves or have their tendons slashed before having their throats cut with raggedy blades. a man repeatedly stabbed at a Brahman bull in the face as it sat on a buckled broken leg with blood pouring from its eye.
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