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Live exports

February 2024

  • View of the city of Cape Town, South Africa

    Cape Town hit by ‘unimaginable’ stench from 19,000 cattle on live export ship

    Animal welfare groups say smell from the build-up of faeces and ammonia on the ship are indicative of the conditions animals endure

June 2023

  • RSPC officer holds smuggled puppies

    MPs vote down Labour attempt to revive animal welfare bill

    Motion to bring back legislation on puppy smuggling and live exports that was part of Tory manifesto rejected in Commons

September 2022

  • Large ship on calm sea

    New Zealand bans live animal exports from April 2023

    Animal welfare law passes two years after sinking of Gulf Livestock 1 in a typhoon killed crew and 6,000 cattle

August 2022

  • Animal welfare activists monitor freight ships in the port of Cartagena, which exports millions of live animals to the Middle East.

    Animals farmed
    How a Spanish tourist spot became a global hub for live animal export

    Millions of sheep and cattle are being shipped from Cartagena to the Middle East in a trade branded cruel and unnecessary

June 2022

  • Sheep are rescued after the ship Badr 1 sank in Sudan's Red Sea port of Suakin, drowning most animals onboard, on Sunday

    More than 15,000 sheep drown after live export ship sinks in Sudan

  • Al Kuwait Livestock Ship Ordered To Leave Perth Port After Crew Cleared Of COVID-19<br>FREMANTLE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 16: A banner of a live export protester is seen as sheep are loaded onto the Al Kuwait in Fremantle Harbour on June 16, 2020 in Fremantle, Australia. The Al Kuwait livestock ship has been ordered to leave Western Australia, after all crew were cleared of COVID-19. The live sheep transporter was stranded at Fremantle Port after 21 of its 48 crew tested positive for coronavirus following its docking in Western Australia on 22 May. The ship was given a departure deadline of Wednesday 17 June, after the final crew members were cleared of having COVID-19 on Monday. The vessel has been granted an exemption to the northern summer live export ban, which began on June 1. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

    Anthony Albanese says live sheep exports won’t be phased out before 2025

September 2021

  • Nordic Aquafarm's land-based aquaculture facility in Frederikstad, Norway

    Animals farmed update
    Animals farmed: BSE in Brazil, UK pork crisis and radical Dutch plan to cut livestock numbers

    Welcome to our monthly roundup of the biggest issues in farming and food production, with must-read reports from around the web

August 2021

  • Bruna

    Animals farmed
    Live animal exports are being used as cover by smugglers, say NGOs

    Huge vessels used to transport farm animals are an attractive option for criminals smuggling drugs, arms and people

July 2021

  • Farmers protest in Toulouse in April against common agricultural policy reform negotiations.

    Animals farmed update
    Animals farmed: EU cage-ban moves closer, magic of horse power and ‘egg-mageddon’

    Welcome to our monthly roundup of the biggest issues in farming and food production, with must-read reports from around the web

May 2021

  • Animal welfare protesters are seen at a rally in front of the Al Kuwait live export ship as sheep are loaded in Fremantle harbour, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. A number of crew members tested positive with COVID-19 and quarantined when the ship arrived in Fremantle over three weeks ago. They were scheduled to pick up the sheep for transport to the Middle East before the northern summer ban on June 1st came into place to stop sheep dying from heat stress. The Federal Department of Agriculture have now approved a second application to transport the sheep and it must leave by Wednesday.(AAP Image/Richard Wainwright) NO ARCHIVING

    Animals to be formally recognised as sentient beings in UK law

    Set of government measures will include halting most live animal exports and a ban on hunting trophy imports

March 2021

  • A crane moves a container next to livestock ship Karim Allah at Escombreras port in Cartagena, Spain, on 27 February.

    Animals farmed
    How nearly 3,000 cattle came to be stranded at sea for three months

    After being refused entry to several countries on health grounds, the surviving animals were ordered back to Spain for slaughter
  • Some of the 40,000 horses flown to Japan in similar crates from Canada since 2013. Canadian law allows them to be exported without food, rest or even water for up to 28 hours.

    Animals farmed
    Protests at 'inhumane' export of live horses to Japan for food

    Activists seek ban on flying horses to Japan with thousands sent every year from Canada and France

    • Animals farmed
      Stranded cattle ship ordered to dock in Spain after 'hellish' three months at sea

    • Animals farmed
      Cows might fly: Ireland to jet calves to Europe to cut travel time

    • Animals farmed
      Cattle stranded on ship to be destroyed in port as second vessel returns to Spain

February 2021

  • Hundreds of calves stranded at sea due to suspected disease – video

  • Cattle on the Karim Allah in Cartagena

    Animals farmed
    Cattle stranded at sea 'face immediate slaughter' if ship docks in Spain, says manager

January 2021

  • A cow looks out from a transport truck after being sold at the livestock market by auctioneers.

    Animals farmed
    EU revealed to be world's biggest live animal exporter

    Bloc exported more than 1.6 billion chickens, pigs, sheep, goats and cattle in 2019, but faces criticism over welfare failings

December 2020

  • Animals sent to Europe for slaughter

    Animals farmed
    England and Wales to ban live animal exports in European first

    Environment secretary hails ‘Brexit success’ for animal welfare, but poultry to be excluded and Northern Ireland exempted

November 2020

  • The Queen Hind cargo ship capsized off Romana in November 2019, leading to the deaths of 14,000 sheep.

    Animals farmed
    Romania accused of 'silence' over ship that capsized killing 14,000 sheep

    An investigation into the Queen Hind sinking a year ago is yet to be published and the live export trade continues to boom
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