Ban live animal exports

* There is overwhelming evidence of appalling cruelty from the live animal export trade.
* 40,605 sheep were burned alive when transport ship Farid Fares caught fire (1980).
* 67,488 sheep were burned alive when transport ship Uniceb caught fire (1996).
* The 1985 Australian Senate Select Committee (Export of Live Sheep), recommended the trade be stopped (see below):
"Purely on animal welfare grounds, there is enough evidence to stop the trade."

* More than 20,000 sheep were half-slaughtered and buried alive in Pakistan 2012.
* Cattle killed with sledgehammers.
* Cattle eye-gouged for restraint.
* Most of the atrocities are never even reported.
* 60 Minutes TV (8 April 2018) showed actual video of on-board conditions for a live sheep transport ship. 60 Minutes didn't show the worst images, which were too graphic.
* The Aust Dept of Agriculture declared NO breaches on those very same shipments - dishonest.
* Temperatures on-board some shipments have been so hot, some sheep bodies have melted mid-journey, i.e. cooked alive on-board.
* The mistreatment of animals at destination ports is more appalling cruelty.

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The ALP & LNP have known this for over 40 years, yet turned a blind eye.
* The ALP announced (3 May 2018) their intention to phase-out (only) live sheep exports (if they win government). The ALP will not stop live cattle exports.
* Derryn Hinch MP (Senate) introduced a Bill to end live sheep exports (June 2018), which passed the Senate.
* Andrew Wilkie MP (Independent- House of Reps) introduced a Bill (December 2019) to phase-out live exports.
*** The LNP repeatedly block ALL attempts to ban live animal exports.

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* Deliberate under-reporting of animal deaths at sea.
* Livestock transported in pools of excrement & urine.
* On-board veterinarians who have spoken out, have been sacked.
* Each year, over 100,000 livestock die mid-journey.
* Weak animals are thrown over-board to drown at sea.
* The industry has a long history of systemic animal cruelty, and deliberate lack of transparency.
* The industry has repeatedly refused access to allow independent observers to video conditions on-board, for obvious reasons.

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We will ban live animal exports (sheep & cattle).

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Authorised: Andrew Beeham BSc BE
32/8 Tilley Lane, Frenchs Forest NSW 2086.