"Kampanja “8 hours” je bila lansirana s strani mednarodne organizacije za zaščito živali med  transportom Animals’ Angels, ki je zabeležila stotine primerov hudega trpljenja živali med prevozom; skupaj z danskim evropskim poslancem Dan Jørgensen-om. Cilj iniciative je končati to dodatno in povsem nepotrebno trpljenje klavnih živali. Dolžina teh potovanj pogosto povzroča hudo trpljenje živali, kot pričajo številna poročila preiskovalcev organizacije Animals’ Angels. Trenutna EU zakonodaja dovoljuje prevoz živih živali tudi po več dni. To se mora spremeniti. Živih živali se v zakol nikoli ne bi smelo prevažati več kot 8 ur.
Evropska komisija bo kmalu objavila poročilo o vplivu Uredbe 1/2005 na transport živih živali, kar bo osnova za novo debato v evropskih institucijah o pravilih, ki bi morala veljati za prevoz živih živali.
Prek 28.600 slovencev (kar je največje število podpisov na populacijo) je že podpisalo peticijo www.8hours.eu in so med 757.000 Evropejci, ki zahtevajo konec dolgih transportov živali za zakol v evropski uniji. Do konca letošnjega leta nameravajo Evropski komisiji izročiti milijon podpisov."

Podporo akciji je izrazila tudi dr. Romana Jordan:

"I wholeheartedly support the 8hours initiative for two main reasons. First, I am against the unnecessary suffering of animals. Today, too many animals are still being transported in unacceptable conditions across Europe. But I remain optimistic, while there is a broad support in the European Parliament for better protection of animal welfare, for example the initiative on progressive ban on animal testing. 
 
Secondly, because of the fight against climate change, and our efforts to overall greenhouse emissions reduction, we need more regional cooperation, with the view to build up regional economy. We should all think about possible innovative ways on how to change the current logistics. One possible solution would be to find alternatives in order to reduce transport of animals. This would contribute to reduce the duration of transport and fight against climate change.
 
In addition, a lot can be done on the individual level. We as individuals have to change our behaviour and the mode of consumption. I strongly support the approach to reduce the need for long distance transport, and to consume local products, which will also help us to rationalize costs."

Maj 2012: Poročilo o poteku kampanje "8 hours"