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RSPCA Policy F2 Transportation of livestock for slaughter

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Last updated: 08 Jan, 2013
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Because of the inevitable stress and high risk for suffering associated with the transport of animals, RSPCA Australia supports the humane slaughter of livestock as near as possible to the point of production.

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