Demand an End to Cruel Live Export

From the very first investigations into cruel, unregulated slaughter in 2006 to the gut-wrenching exposé of heat-stricken sheep gasping for air while lying in piles of their melting faeces aboard the Awassi Express, which aired on national television in 2018, it’s been clear that the live-export industry causes immeasurable animal suffering.

Now, in 2021, despite a decade of attempted regulation and review by the government, a PETA Asia investigation in Indonesia showing Australian cattle being butchered while their legs were still moving has yet again prompted international outrage.

Every year, Australia sends millions of live cattle and sheep on hellish journeys to Asia and the Middle East, forcing them to endure a gruelling trip across thousands of kilometres – sometimes in searing heat – that may take weeks. More than 200 million animals have been crammed onto filthy cargo ships over the last 30 years, and more than 2.5 million of them have been trampled to death or endured prolonged suffering before dying from dehydration, starvation, or disease.

The misery doesn’t end for those who survive the journey. There are virtually no laws to protect animals in the countries they’re sold to, and they’re often subjected to abuse and methods of slaughter that are illegal in Australia.

The Australian government has squandered time, taxpayer money, and animals’ lives by condoning a merciless and mercenary industry that Australians have long known must end. Please call on federal Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud to take action by sending him a letter via the form below. .

Please call on federal Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud to take action by sending him a letter via the form below.

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The Hon.

David

Littleproud

Australian Government

Dear Minister,

I just watched PETA Asia’s latest exposé of Australia’s live-export trade, in which steers and bulls are transported and subsequently stunned improperly and killed in the most painful, abhorrent ways.

I implore you to watch this footage. Does the government condone this cruelty?

It’s been a decade since cruelty in the live-export trade to Indonesia was exposed on national TV in the programme Four Corners. At that time, the government responded by implementing the Export Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS).

But ESCAS has been an utter failure. The cruelty continues unabated.

The Australian government has spent decades and millions of taxpayer dollars trying to review and reprimand an industry that systematically abuses animals – but animals continue to suffer.

Millions of cows, sheep, and other animals depart Australia on live-export ships every year. They’re forced to live on top of one another in a slurry of faeces, urine, and water. Seasick and unaccustomed to the pellets they’re given as food, many starve to death before reaching their destination.

And the suffering doesn’t end for those who survive the journey. Because there are virtually no laws to protect animals in the countries they’re sold to, they’re often subjected to abuse and methods of slaughter that are illegal in Australia.

The government has had ample opportunity to crack down on live export, yet the carnage continues. We must not allow any more animals to endure this agony. Please end live exports now.

Sincerely,
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