03 July 2020
RSPCA WA update on Al Kuwait live sheep export
The Al Kuwait has arrived in the Middle East. RSPCA WA sent the following opinion piece to The West Australian newspaper but unfortunately it has not been published.
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02 June 2020
RSPCA WA Statement: Live Export Ship Concerns
RSPCA WA Chair Lynne Bradshaw AM has written to the WA Minister for Agriculture to voice our concerns about an application for exemption from animal welfare policy for a live sheep export ship to send 56,000 sheep into the searing heat of the northern hemisphere summer.
28 May 2020
RSPCA seeks urgent assurance for stranded sheep
RSPCA Australia seeks urgent assurance that Al Kuwait sheep will be protected from dangerous exemption after COVID-19 outbreak.
27 May 2020
RSPCA Statement on Al Kuwait Live Sheep Export COVID-19 Outbreak
The RSPCA will be closely monitoring the welfare of 56,000 sheep left stranded by the live export industry after a COVID-19 virus breakout aboard the Al Kuwait that docked in Fremantle on Friday, 22 May 2020.
17 October 2019
Live sheep exports: Twin-tier ships on the way out
Twin-tier ships are set to be gone from Australia from 1 January 2020 and this can only be good for animal welfare.
31 July 2019
RSPCA WA Welcomes Charges for Alleged Cruelty to Live Export Sheep
RSPCA WA Chair, Lynne Bradshaw, AM, welcomes news that WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development has charged a Perth-based live export company and two of its Directors, with alleged animal cruelty under WA’s Animal Welfare Act 2002.
25 June 2019
New Govt Reports reveal why Vietnam is the most dangerous desitnation for exported cattle
RSPCA Australia is calling on the live export industry to voluntarily stop sending cattle to Vietnam until an independent review of the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) can be completed.
06 June 2019
International vet expert says long haul live export should end
The Australian Veterinary Association held its annual national conference in Perth in mid-May. A keynote speaker, one of the world’s foremost animal welfare experts – recognised as such by the Australian Government – said long-haul live animal exports are too high a risk and should not take place.
26 November 2018
Live Sheep Export Update
In recent weeks, the federal government granted a licence to RETWA to export live sheep to the Middle East. This has given some producers involved in the live sheep trade reason to express optimism in its future.
21 June 2018
Sheep and Heat Stress: The Facts
Both the Australian Veterinary Association and the Federal Government commissioned review of the live sheep export industry by Dr Michael McCarthy raised the issue of the impact of heat stress on sheep.
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