The European Commission has said it wants journeys taken by livestock to be shorter, with mandatory breaks. The Brussels-based authority proposed on Thursday that journeys to the slaughterhouse should be a maximum of nine hours long. Until now, there has been no time limit for such journeys. The commission also wants to limit journeys with a destination other than a slaughterhouse to a maximum of 21 hours, with a break of at least one hour after 10 hours. The commission says its proposals amount to the biggest reform of the rules for animal transport in 20 years. After these longer journeys, a…