Pregnant mares are drained of their blood to produce a hormone that fuels
industrial meat production. 

Iceland is the only country in Europe still running blood farms for PMSG,
and its government is deciding right now whether to finally ban this
cruelty.

Add your name now to demand Iceland ban PMSG for good!

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John,

It sounds like something out of a dystopian nightmare, but it’s real:
pregnant horses are restrained and drained of massive amounts of blood,
leaving them weak and traumatized —all so the pharmaceutical industry can
extract PMSG, a hormone used to fuel factory farms.

And Iceland is at the center of this horror. As the only producer of PMSG
in Europe, its blood farms keep industrial animal agriculture running
across the continent. Without Iceland’s supply, the entire industry takes
a major hit.

But right now, we have a rare chance to shut these farms down for good.

Iceland’s government has already admitted that blood farms violate EU
animal welfare laws. Under pressure, they’ve pledged to reconsider the
future of PMSG production *this year*—to either ban it permanently or
allow this cruelty to continue. Meanwhile, Ísteka—the pharmaceutical
company profiting from this industry—is lobbying hard to keep blood farms
open, pressuring Iceland’s government to protect its bottom line.  

This is our moment. If we raise a massive global outcry now, we can drown
out Big Pharma and push Iceland to finally ban PMSG.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Iceland: ban PMSG

PMSG is the ultimate symbol of factory farming’s brutality—a hormone
extracted from the blood of pregnant horses to fuel mass production of
meat. In industrial pig farms across Europe, mother sows are injected with
PMSG to hijack their bodies, forcing synchronized pregnancies so factory
farms can churn out piglets on a rigid schedule.

And Big Pharma will argue that PMSG is "essential" to livestock
production, claiming that factory farms can’t function without it. But
studies show that safe, synthetic alternatives exist.

Iceland had a chance to stop it. But in 2023, under pressure from Ísteka
the government caved. Instead of banning blood farms, they put forward
weak regulations and delayed real action until this year.

Now, with the future of PMSG on the line, Big Pharma’s lobbyists are back,
fighting to keep the cruelty going. This time, we can’t let them
win—Iceland’s leaders need to see that people everywhere are demanding
they ban PMSG for good. If we act now, we can make this year the turning
point.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Iceland: ban PMSG

The Ekō community has taken on this fight before—and won. We pressured two
major German pharmaceutical companies to cut ties with blood farms in
South America, dealing a big blow to this cruel industry. Now, Iceland is
the last major stronghold—and together, we can shut it down.



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Thanks for all that you do,
Deborah and the team at Ekō


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Iceland admits to breaching EU law on horse blood farms
Eurogroup for Animals 28 September 2023
[ [link removed] ]Investigation in Iceland: Blood Collection & Laboratory Samples, PMSG
Production
Animal Welfare Foundation 18 August 2023
[ [link removed] ]Reprieve until 2025 for blood farms in Iceland?
Eurogroup for Animals 28 March 2023
[ [link removed] ]Prosciutto’s Secret Ingredient: Horse Blood
Sentient Media 30 May 2024

 

 

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