Following last week's victory against the British live export trade, Compassion in World Farming US published an investigation into cattle shipping from Hawai'i to the mainland in "cowtainers." The New York Times broke the news of these journeys which last up to a week.

According to the Hawai’i Cattlemen’s Council’s own guidelines for the interstate transport of cattle, as many as 80 newly weaned calves are crammed into modified 40-foot containers and shipped to ports on the West Coast. The calves face rough seas in winter and sweltering temperatures in summer on this grueling 2,500 mile route. They have as little as two inches of headspace with the ceiling, no veterinary care onboard, and decisions of what to do with the dead calf bodies are left to the ship's captain.