Demand an End to ALL Live Export – NOW!

UPDATE 8 JUNE 2022: The new Australian government has announced it will ban live sheep exports.

This is welcome news, but the government has not committed to a timeline, stating only that it won’t happen within its first term of government. A three-year (or longer) phase-out on an industry with decades-long records of cruelty is far too long – plus, the government would need to be re-elected in order to fulfil the promise.

And of course, sheep are not the only victims of this cruel trade.

A 2021 PETA Asia investigation in Indonesia found Australian cattle being improperly stunned and killed in the most painful, abhorrent ways. The footage shows that despite a government assurance scheme, cruelty is systemic in the industry.

A series of Australian governments have squandered time, taxpayer money, and animals’ lives by condoning a merciless and mercenary industry that Australians have long known must end.

Please call on the federal Minister for Agriculture Murray Watt to phase out all live exports within this term of government.

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Mr

Murray

Watt

Australian Government

Dear Minister Watt:

Congratulations on your new appointment as minister for agriculture.

I am writing to support the government’s announcement of a ban on live sheep exports – but also to express my deep concern about delaying a phase-out until the government’s second term. This deadline is far too long, especially since it requires re-election in order to be fulfilled.

And of course, sheep are not the only victims of this cruel trade.

In 2021, PETA Asia investigated the treatment of Australian cattle exported to Indonesia and found that animals were frequently improperly stunned and killed in painful, abhorrent ways.

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 Exporter 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 systemically 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 protecting 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 all live export now.

Sincerely,
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