It's time to curb the cruelty.

(Taken from http://action.wspa.ca/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=23&ea.campaign.id=6489 )

Every year, more than 700 million animals are slaughtered in Canada for food. But before that, they travel. They endure grueling journeys, often over long distances, from farms to auctions and feedlots, across borders... and finally to slaughterhouses.

Canada has regulations to ensure that the animals are transported humanely, but upon reviewing CFIA's inspection reports, we found that many, many animals are needlessly suffering and dying during transport in Canada.

It is WSPA's opinion that federal regulations are being violated and penalties are not being issued. In a single year, as many as 2-3 million animals die before they even make it to the slaughterhouse. Some die in sweltering heat or freezing temperatures; others die from their injuries - the result of harsh transport conditions or rough handling. Some animals are left to suffer for days before they are finally put out of their misery.

There is only one CFIA animal inspector for every two million animals that are slaughtered annually - which makes it impossible for the agency to properly enforce its own regulations and raises serious concerns for both the welfare of the animals and the safety of Canada's food supply.

Send a letter to your MP now.

Encourage them to support stronger animal transport regulations and enforcement. Please remember to edit the content of the letter before you send it, personalized letters are more effective.

For more information, visit http://action.wspa.ca/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=23&ea.campaign.id=6489 .