[Tradeban] Demand Justice for Animals!

[Animals Australia Action Alert]

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Dear friends,

For four years Animals Australia has been fighting for justice on behalf of the

victims of the live animal export trade through the West Australian legal 
system. *At a critical moment, a West Australian minister has de-railed this 
process, effectively protecting the live export industry—your help is urgently

needed correct this injustice! 
<http://action.animalsaustralia.org/no_justice/take_action.php>*

In February this year, a Perth Magistrate found leading live export company 
Emanuel Pty Ltd guilty of breaching the WA animal welfare act 
<http://www.liveexport-indefensible.com/facts/case.php>—/in effect legally 
determining a key part of the live export industry to be cruel/. Despite this,

the Magistrate acquitted the live export company on a technicality—a decision 
that is now believed by the State Solicitor to have been in error, who 
subsequently lodged an appeal in the WA Supreme Court. Justice was finally in 
sight...

In a devastating development, the Minister for Local Government Ljiljanna 
Ravlich *issued instructions for the appeal to be withdrawn*. Animals Australia

has been advised that it is *highly improper* for government ministers to 
intervene in judicial proceedings 
<http://www.animalsaustralia.org/media/press_releases.php?release=96> once they

have commenced.

The live export company and its two directors were on trial for unnecessarily 
causing suffering and death to thousands of animals. Their guilt or innocence,

and any consequences of their actions, should only be determined in a court of

law—not by the whim of a politician. Minister Ravlich has given the live 
exporters a ‘get out of jail free card’, despite the State Solicitor’s advice 
that they should not have been acquitted.

Millions of animals exported live from our shores each year need your help now

<http://action.animalsaustralia.org/no_justice/take_action.php> to assist us to

call on Premier Alan Carpenter to overturn this decision and to instruct the 
State Solicitor to reinstate the appeal process.

We cannot allow the WA State Government to think this miscarriage of justice
has 
gone un-noticed. We cannot allow politicians to protect live exporters—rather 
than the millions of innocent animals who are victims of this trade.

*It’s time to demand justice for animals.*

*1. Take Action*
<http://action.animalsaustralia.org/no_justice/take_action.php>
Click here to send an instant message to the WA Premier who has the power to 
correct this injustice.

*2. Spread the Word* 
<http://action.animalsaustralia.org/no_justice/spread_the_word.php>
Please click here to send this important alert to everyone you know!

*3. Support Our Work* <http://action.animalsaustralia.org/no_justice/help.php>
Want to do more to help animals? Click here.
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