Live export
What's it like on board a live export ship?
Heat, discomfort, injury, fatigue, rough seas, disease, infection, faecal build-up ... and if they survive: brutal death.
22 June 2016
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Horrific cruelty in Vietnam again shows live export industry can't be trusted
The government knew that animals were being sledgehammered in Vietnam. Yet they continued to allow Australian cattle to be exported there...
16 June 2016
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How the dairy industry takes advantage of a live export loophole ...
In an effort to 'milk' animals for every last dollar, the dairy industry has found a way to take advantage of live export rules.
24 September 2015
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Massive live export campaign hits the streets!
Australians came to know him as 'the weeping bull'. Now, in the biggest live export campaign in Australian history, we are giving him a voice.
27 January 2015
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Live export: terrifying for animals ... and people
Forcing fearful Gaza slaughterhouse workers to kill large, untamed and stressed Australian cattle is a recipe for disaster -- on both ends of the knife.
14 April 2014
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Is live export making people sick?
Brutal and unhygienic slaughter of Australian cattle in Gaza makes a mockery of claims that live trade provides 'safe' protein to many importing countries.
14 April 2014
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Australian sheep sold and killed outside 'approved supply chains'
Animals Australia investigators have uncovered systemic and widespread breaches of Australian live export regulations in Jordan. And tragically, as a result, thousands of sheep have payed the...
30 October 2013
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Wilkie challenges PM on live export
Amid new footage of cruelty to cattle in Egypt, Animals Australia and MP Andrew Wilkie have called on Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott to offer a personal guarantee that no more animals will suffer...
16 May 2013
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Australian exported dairy cows and calves starve and die
Brave whistleblowers exposed the horrific neglect of dairy cattle and sheep exported to Qatar, but no one has been held accountable -- the tragic consequences of a system that completely overlooks...
18 September 2012
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Live export exposé wins at the Logies
Live animal export is again making headlines. A Bloody Business, the Four Corners report that highlighted Animals Australia's live export investigation in Indonesia has received another national...
16 April 2012
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Wilkie introduces new live export Bill
"The responsibility for regulating Australia’s live export industry should not be put down to a video camera" said MP Andrew Wilkie, as he renewed efforts to address the cruelty of live export,...
31 October 2011
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'Hoax' claims shut down
Desperate attempts to discredit evidence of animal cruelty endemic in the live export trade were shut down during the Senate Inquiry into the welfare of animals in the live trade.
11 August 2011
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Live Export Death Files
Millions of cattle, sheep and other animals have suffered and died during export from Australia to overseas countries for slaughter -- before they reach their destination. We provide the official...
20 June 2011
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BREAKING NEWS! Live cattle trade suspended
After eight days of intense public pressure following the exposure of horrendous cruelty documented by Animals Australia investigators, the Gillard Government has announced a suspension on the live...
8 June 2011
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TV ad campaign calls on PM to ban live export
The Government's response to the exposed live export cruelty in Indonesia has been a temporary suspension of the trade there. A national TV ad campaign launched calls on Julia Gillard to ban live...
3 June 2011
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Support the bills to end live export!
Bills to ban live export will be submitted to Parliament on 20 June. Please urge your local Federal MP and State Senators to stop the suffering of millions of Australian animals by supporting these...
31 May 2011
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A Bloody Business': routine, widespread and industry-facilitated cruelty to cattle exposed
Animals Australia's first investigation in Indonesia - as shown on Four Corners - exposed the routine, widespread and brutal treatment of Australian cattle. The level of industry knowledge and...
30 May 2011
