The global live export trade has been built on an acceptance of suffering - sending animals on risky journeys halfway around the world just to be killed for their meat when they arrive in destination countries. Live export is not only cruel, it is also unnecessary.
Thousands of sheep and cattle will be re-loaded onto the MV Bahijah and sent on a dangerously experimental 34 day voyage. Let decision-makers know the phase-out date must be legislated!
The smell of a live export vessel docked in a harbour was so unbearable people in the city were sent home from work. But for the animals on board, the smell is just a small part of their miserable reality...
The WA government has suggested that proceeding with a landmark criminal prosecution over the deaths of thousands of sheep at sea is not in the ‘public interest’. Voice your support for the sheep export phase out today.