Demand an End to Cruel Live Export

The latest heart-breaking exposé of the live-export industry shows the horrifying conditions endured by nearly 64,000 sheep sent from Fremantle to the Middle East aboard the Al Messilah– a vessel run by Australia's largest sheep exporter, Emanuel Exports – in August 2017. Approximately 2,400 of the animals died from heat stress.

In response to the footage, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has cancelled the company's export licence as well as that of its subsidiary EMS Rural Exports. We must push for these cancellations to be the first step towards a permanent ban on all live-animal exports.

The footage filmed on the Al Messilahand other Emanuel Exports voyages isn't exceptional in the live-export industry. Every year, Australia exports millions of live animals to countries in the Middle East, forcing them to endure a gruelling trip across the Indian Ocean, 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 have died from dehydration, starvation, or disease.

The suffering doesn't end for those who survive the journey. There are virtually no laws in place in the Middle East to protect these animals, and they're often subjected to abuse and methods of slaughter that would be illegal in this country. Investigators have seen animals being roughly dragged from ships, sometimes by their legs. Many are thrown into trucks and cars, and most of their throats are cut with blunt or unsuitable knives – while they're still conscious.

Not only is live export bad for animals, it's also bad for the environment. The live-export trade is one of the top 40 carbon dioxide emitters in Australia. Cattle and sheep may be transported thousands of kilometres by truck before reaching the ships, while the empty vessels journeying back to Australia collect their next load and create further emissions.

By refusing to end live export during the hottest months of the year, the government is complicit in the suffering and deaths of sensitive, gentle animals. Make sure Prime Minister Scott Morrison and federal Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud know this by sending them a letter via the form below.

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David

Littleproud

The Hon.

Scott

Morrison

Parliament of Australia

Dear Prime Minister/Minister,

I was pleased to learn about the government's cancellation of the live-export licences of Emanuel Exports and EMS Rural Exports. While this is a step in the right direction, the government must take definitive action to end all live export, especially by those ships carrying animals to the Northern Hemisphere during the hottest months of the year.

Every year, millions of animals are crammed onto filthy cargo ships bound for the Middle East on journeys that may take weeks, sometimes in searing heat. More than 2.5 million animals have been trampled to death or died from dehydration, starvation, or disease on these gruelling voyages.

The suffering doesn't end for those who survive the journey. Because there are virtually no laws to protect them in the Middle East, animals endure abuse and methods of slaughter that would be illegal in this country. Many are dragged by their legs, and their throats are cut while they're still conscious.

Please, reduce the suffering of these gentle, intelligent beings by prohibiting ships exporting live animals from travelling during the hottest months of the year.

Sincerely,
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