Animal welfare
Chabi-Gani Sare, of Parakou in Benin, writes indignantly about the way livestock are badly treated, and the subsequent effects of this. In most African countries, livestock, including chickens and guinea-fowl, are often mishandled during transport. Fowl are hung upside down by their feet, and carried over large distances at high speed on two-wheelers or other vehicles. The same goes for goats and sheep. Cattle are often herded over 20 km the day before slaughter, and they stay hungry and thirsty. This causes stress, wounds, loss of weight and up to 10% mortality, with a commensurate loss of meat quality. At a time when the livestock sector is trying to develop, measures should be taken to cut down losses like this. I would like to develop an exchange with any person or institution with experience in the field of protection and defence of domestic animals. Contact: B.P. 919, Parakou, Bénin.
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| Language: | English |
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1998
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/48159 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99626 |
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