Over nearly two decades, together we’ve helped protect millions of animals from the horrors of live export.
It’s official – the live export of sheep by sea will be phased out!
Every call made, rally attended, email sent, and petition signed got the Bill to end live sheep export in front of Australian politicians. And after hours of debate, it was decision-makers in the Senate who cast the final vote to get this historic piece of legislation over the line. The live export of sheep by sea will end by 1 May 2028. While our work is not done until no animal is forced onto a live export ship, this is a monumental step forward for sheep, and for all animals. Please send decision-makers a note of thanks for their kind decision.Progress for Australian animals
In 2002, just before supporters like you enabled us to start in-depth investigative and campaigning work on live export, Australia exported more than 6 million sheep. A shocking figure, and a horrible one. But last year, that number was reduced to 760,918. An 87% drop. Collectively, that means millions and millions of animals have been spared from live export over nearly two decades.
Without our supporters taking action and funding our investigations and initiatives, live export companies could still be sending 6 million sheep — and potentially many more — to endure stressful shipboard journeys and terrifying deaths every single year.
Of course, 760,918 is still too many. One is too many. So: the effort continues. With your ongoing support, we’ll continue doing everything we can to protect animals from this terrible trade.
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Protecting animals globally
Our Animals International team in Europe has been relentlessly working every angle to shield animals from live export, wherever they are from. Here are just some of the significant achievements our supporters have helped us achieve recently:
- You helped stop live export starting up from Namibia.
- You helped us launch major TV exposés in the UK, France, Spain, Romania and Austria.
- You helped us convince most of Germany’s states to ban live export.
- You’ve helped bring the UK to the brink of ending live export.
- You helped us secure an EU Parliamentary Inquiry into live export, and get a seat at the table.
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Thanks to Animals Australia supporters, from Australia to New Zealand to Brazil to South Africa and to dozens of countries throughout Europe — there is now a powerful, international collaboration of groups and individuals working together to save animals from this ruthless business. Twenty years ago, collaboration and cooperation of this scale didn’t exist. And together we’ve helped build it.
