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Brazilian slaughterhouses sued for Amazon destruction
2013-04-18 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenpeace: Life is about to get a whole lot harder for the slaughterhouses in Brazil who are still tied to a business model based on forest destruction and violation of indigenous and labor rights. IBAMA, the Ministry of Labor, the Federal Public Ministry in the states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso and Rondônia, and the Federal Prosecutor in Amazonas and Rondônia sued 26 slaughterhouses for buying cattle from farms involved in illegalities. The fines for the slaughterhouses total US$ 280 million. Brazilian slaughterhouse...
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