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and Effect of Changes in Study Countries  Increasingly animal
welfare issues have been raised by consumers in developed
countries-especially in the European Union (EU). The two meat-
exporting countries of the four country sample-Brazil and
Thailand-appear to have noticed. Though there is legislation in
Brazil to promote animals' rights, these laws are not always
followed or known by producers. Federal Decree No. 24645,
article 3, in Brazil forbids producers to keep animals in anti-
hygienic places, places where they cannot breath, move, or rest,
or that have no light or air. Producers are also forbidden to
abandon sick, wounded, mutilated or extenuated animals.
Producers are required to provide veterinary assistance so as to
enable animals to aid animals and to make sure that the deaths
are suffering-free death whether it be for consumption or not.
There are also rules governing transport of animals in terms of
crowding and containment.  In Thailand