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Sheep being thrown at Bury market

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Animal Aid continues to seek to encourage people to adopt an animal-free diet. But for so long as animals are raised and slaughtered for meat and dairy products, we believe that they should be spared the wholly unnecessary additional hardship of a day at market.

Our MarketWatchers see many animals suffering from injury and disease. They observe some with physical abscesses or swellings and others with bleeding wounds sustained while at the market itself. In all cases, market workers and users showed little or no concern for the animals' plight.

	Action Demanded A new report by the Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) on farmed animals at gatherings* gives recommendations for improved animal welfare at livestock markets.
	National support for campaign The People newspaper has published an exposé of livestock markets. Meanwhile, the government has welcomed our latest market report.
	A Dirty Business Our 2004 report into livestock markets describes the results of our investigation into the adherence to biosecurity regulations following the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak.
	Bartered Lives video > Our 2000 undercover video shows the kind of abuse that is routinely suffered by animals at livestock markets.
	Free action pack Join us in the campaign against livestock markets - send for a FREE markets action pack today!
	Further reading: A Dirty Business (2004) Bartered Lives (2000) A Brutal Business (1997) Auctioning Animal Flesh (1993) Resources: Petition

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