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Join the 8 hours campaign

I have joined for forces with Danish MEP Dan Jørgensen to launch a Europe-wide campaign to end the excessively long transport of animals for slaughter. Currently animals can be transported for days but the 8 hours campaign wants to limit that to eight hours.

Please sign the petition and pass it on to your friends!

http://www.8hours.eu/

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Press releases

• MEPs want to ban long animal transports (14 January 09)
• RSPB hails Corbett's campaign to save rare birds (27 November 2008)
• Corbett joins call for EU ban on seal products (25 March 2008)
• Richard urges MEPs to support ban on import of cat and dog fur (15 June 2007)
• Labour MEP joins anti-bullfighting campaign (8 March 2007)
• Corbett praises seal campaigners (1 September 2006)
• MEP leads campaign against un-bear-able cruelty (20 January 2006)
• Corbett celebrates end to cruel subsidies (5 January 2006)
• Dolphin-friendly tuna on its way (9 June 2005)
• Norway launches 'seal-killing holidays' (28 October 2004)
• Labour pushes to keep horse export ban (19 March 2004)
• Dolphins and porpoises could be big beneficiaries from EU enlargement (14 March 2004)
• Labour MEPs urge action to ban seal culling (19 January 2004)
• Horse transportation: schoolchildren team up with Labour MEP (22 October 2003)

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• 13 February 2008 Yorkshire Post - Case of Malta birds proves purpose of primacy
• 1 September 2006 Regional papers Thanks seal-ed with a kiss
• 3 August Yorkshire Evening Post Pet passports: just one small benefit of the EU
• 5 December 2005 Yorkshire Post MEPs didn't vote for unnecessary animal tests
• 8 November Aire & Valley Reducing animal testing

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