Letter to the editor: Live export disgrace

By Nicole Ferrara
Updated May 12 2018 - 11:20pm, first published April 25 2018 - 11:18pm
A letter-writer has expressed her disgust at farm sector and government complicity in mistreatment of sheep during live export. Photo: Erin Jonasson
A letter-writer has expressed her disgust at farm sector and government complicity in mistreatment of sheep during live export. Photo: Erin Jonasson

Footage shown on 60 Minutes of animal abuse and cruelty in the live export of sheep to the Middle East is disgraceful. Sheep packed so tightly they are unable to move, lay down or get to food and water, struggling to breathe, with temperatures reaching 36 degrees with 95 percent humidity overnight. 2400 animals on board were cooked alive and thrown overboard. The survivors awaited horrific deaths on the other end.

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