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For 60 years, cruelty to animals on live export ships has been kept secret.
There’s no ‘nice’ way to send animals halfway around the world to be killed for meat.
A live sheep isn’t ‘cargo’. He breathes. He thinks. He can suffer. This simple fact may be lost on wealthy live export companies. But it wasn’t lost on one concerned crew member who was horrified by the suffering he witnessed on live export voyages...
This footage exposes an industry acting unlawfully. It reveals what millions of gentle animals have endured for decades, in secret.
And with it — a chance to end the cruelty.
What animals endure on a typical live export ship in summer is unconscionable.
More than 100,000 litres of urine and faeces accumulates on a typical live export ship every day sheep are on board. The ship won’t be ‘washed out’ until after they’ve disembarked.
As the northern summer kicks in, on-board conditions can turn catastrophic.
When temperatures soar — and predictably they do — weeks of untreated waste buildup ‘melts’ into a thick, deadly soup. Any animal needing to lie down to rest risks being buried in excrement.
Corrosive ammonia chokes the air and burns the eyes and throats of those on board. Distressed animals rapidly overheat. Their hearts race as they gasp for oxygen. Trapped in what is essentially a ‘giant oven’, extremely heat stressed animals collapse before literally being cooked alive.literally being cooked alive. Other heat stressed sheep may die slowly over the following days. Those who survive a ‘heat event’ will continue to suffer in this putrid bog, now littered with the decaying bodies of their dead companions.
He won’t make it off the ship.
Imagine being born on a live export ship. The noisy vibrations the only sound you’ll ever hear. The inescapable stench of faeces the only air you’ll ever breathe...
These babies aren’t supposed to be born at all. Live export companies are legally required to ensure all ewes are pregnancy tested by ultrasound and certified not pregnant. And yet, heavily pregnant ewes are being shipped for slaughter like every other animal. Only — they’ll endure the trauma of live export while going into labour and giving birth.
Very few lambs born on a live export ship will ever see the outside world. Many will be trampled, lose their mothers, or be killed by distressed crew members who are routinely ordered to slit their throats.
All this suffering is in aid of one thing: making wealthy live export companies even wealthier. And as it turns out, ‘business as usual’ on one of these ships to the Middle East isn’t just cruel, in many ways it’s illegal.
This new evidence renders the live sheep trade effectively illegal.
Take action nowIf existing laws were upheld, live export as we know it today would end.
For the first time, authorities can now independently assess the actions of the live export trade at sea. The Department of Agriculture is duty bound to stop the export of live animals if federal export laws are not upheld, or if travel arrangements are inadequate for animal health and welfare.
New evidence reveals not only that the live export trade is breaking the law, but that animals are being denied their most basic needs — proper access to food, water, rest and veterinary care.
We don’t need legislators to outlaw the live sheep trade…
It’s already illegal.
Your voice can help get animals off these death ships — for good.
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Will you join thousands of caring people to help end illegal animal abuse — before another death ship leaves our shores? Send a message to your MP now:
It comes as a shock to many of us overseas to hear that Australian animals are being put on live export ships, many dying of heat stroke, only to be killed at their destination. I agree with the headlines that this is cruelty and that it seems very unlike Australia. Have you made sure the government has seen this video footage?
I was under the impression that Australia was a socially progressive country.
Only those responsible knew how unacceptable the conditions were in their sector. I'm so glad this has now been made public. Understandably, religious requirements for animal treatment are very specific. The live export industry will not be meeting these particular standards.
Local officials would not have chosen to purchase live sheep, if they had been fully informed about the issues with the export trade.
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