Nema parlamentarne većine za kraj prijevozu životinja po vrućini
Temperatura u kamionima koji prevoze životinje može ljeti, čak i u Nizozemskoj, postati vrlo visoka što uzrokuje veliku patnju životinja. Ponekad životinje u Nizozemskoj satima bez vode stoje u kamionima prilikom prelaska granice ili na parkiralištu klaonice. Pregrijane i žedne životinje nagurane jedne na druge u tim slučajevima nisu iznimka. Međutim, većina parlamenta ne želi tome stati na kraj. Prijedlog Stranke za životinje da se prijevoz životinja na temperaturi većoj od 28 stupnjeva zabrani, odbaćen je.
Stočni kamioni dolaze u kolonama i ponekad satima čekaju prijelaz preko granice. U ljetnim mjesecima temperature u (nerashlađenim) kamionima porastu i do 35 stupnjeva. Te su temperature nepodnošljive za životinje, koje u krcatim kamionima pate od sparine i umora. PvdD smatra da je to nedopustivo i zalaže se za zabranu prijevoza stoke danima kad je temperatura iznad 28 stupnjeva.
PvdD zastupnik u parlamentu Frank Wassenberg: “Mnogim ljudima smetaju ove visoke temperature. Prema tome, možete samo pretpostaviti u kojim okolnostima se nalaze te životinje u punim kamionima. Prijevoz može trajati satima. Posve je neodgovorno da tvrtke po ovim temperaturama prevoze životinje kao da se ništa ne događa.”
Temperatures in animal transport trucks can rise high in summer in the Netherlands too, causing severe animal suffering. Sometimes animals in cattle trucks in the Netherlands have to wait for hours without water at a border crossing or on the parking lot of the slaughterhouse. Overheated and dehydrated animals, jammed together in trucks, are no exception in these circumstances. But there is no large Parliamentary Majority to put a stop to it. A motion by the Party for the Animals to ban animal transports when the outside temperature is 28 ˚C (84 ˚F) or higher was rejected.
Cattle trucks end up in traffic jams or sometimes they have to wait for hours at a border crossing. Temperatures in summer months quickly rise to 35 ˚C (95 ˚F) or higher in the (uncooled) trucks. Those temperatures are unbearable for the animals, which suffer from dyspnea or exhaustion in the jammed trucks. The Party for the Animals finds this unacceptable and pleads for a ban on cattle transports on days when temperatures are higher than 28 ˚C (84 ˚F).
Party for the Animals MP Frank Wassenberg: “Many people can’t cope with these high temperatures. So you can imagine that these circumstances are unbearable for animals in full cattle trucks. Transports can take hours. It is irresponsible that companies continue to transport animals in these high temperatures as if nothing is wrong.“