🚨 Red lights. No water. 39°C. Terrified cows. Live export doesn’t just fail animals at sea. It fails them right here at home. This morning in Fremantle, double-deck trucks rolled through red lights and backed up rapidly at the port gates—cows packed inside each truck with no water, no shade, and no oversight. They were forced to wait in the searing heat before being loaded onto the Nile Eagle, a converted cargo ship bound for suffering. Australia has no legal protection for animals in extreme t

Live Export Debate

Shut down of WA live sheep industry

Champions of beef: A city-based food nutritionist's deep dive into live export - Beef Central

What is good animal welfare and how can it be measured? 🌱 This is a big question and the livestock export industry has not shied away from it! One example is the daily reporting of livestock behaviours by stockpeople and veterinarians. These behaviours are used to demonstrate how animals are coping in their environment. Specific terms are used to describe the animal behaviour, for example are they active or settled (which would be seen as positive) or are they dull or anxious (which would be re

Animal welfare | New directive for import and export of live animals