Entities and activists for the animal cause protested this Sunday (14), in front of the São Paulo Museum of Art (Masp), on Avenida Paulista, in São Paulo, against the export of live animals. The act is part of a national movement against the practice and seeks to draw attention to the environmental, health and economic impacts associated with the transport of live animals. Related news: Government promises to reverse EU veto on Brazilian meat and animals. Law creates Reception Policy for animals rescued in disasters. Laboratory meat: learn about the technique developed by Embrapa. According to activists, transporting live cargo subjects animals to high risks of accidents and puts their health and well-being at risk, due to prolonged confinement and overcrowding. Activist of the National Movement to End Live Animal Exports, Patrícia Aguiar, defended that animals should not be transported while still alive so that their meat can be consumed in other countries. "We don't want to put an end to agribusiness. What we want to put an end to is this cruelty that happens to animals. In exports, animals go through intrinsic mistreatment, from the moment they leave the farms until they end, which is in the Middle East, with slaughter. What we want is to put an end to the export of live animals. Do you want to export? Export frozen meat", he highlighted. In an interview with Agência Brasil during the event, the activist stated that, during these trips, animals are subjected to many types of violence, being forced to live in tight spaces and in the midst of their own feces and urine, in addition to being exposed to high amounts of ammonia. "In exports, they already go in closed trucks for five or six days on the road. They go standing up, with the floor slippery, because, there, they defecate and urinate. Many arrive with broken legs at the port and are forced to board the ship with these broken legs", he said. Another problem would be overcrowding. According to her, the ships are old and can carry up to 24 thousand cattle. "The export of live animals, in addition to being cruel, is totally unethical and unconstitutional, because it violates the article of the Constitution on the treatment of animals. Furthermore, it is anti-environmental, due to the risk of accidents, as we already had here in Brazil, in 2015, in Pará, when a ship sank with 5 thousand cattle." According to the activist, five bills are currently being processed in the National Congress seeking to prohibit or increase taxes on the export and import of live animals. "Today, we have five bills that are stalled. The one that is further ahead is one that is in the Senate, Bill 3093/2021, which calls for a complete end to the export of live animals."