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Australia launches investigation after 2,900 sheep die on ship to Middle East

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Australia's Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, David, Littleproud, has announced in a statement that an investigation will be launched in the case of the nearly 2,900 sheep that have died during shipment to the Middle East.

Posted on Apr 06 ,07:00

Australia launches investigation after 2,900 sheep die on ship to Middle East

 

The incident took place in the month of August 2017, when a shipment of 60,000 was heading from Perth to the Middle East. Although, onboard of the ship there was also a vet, 2,900 died due to heat stress. The shipping company has presented last week a full report regarding its practices in that month.

Still, Mr. Littleproud said that an investigation is needed because the mortality rate had exceeded that of 2%.

"As I've said many times since becoming Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources in December 2017, we need compliance with laws across all industries to give us integrity. This requires exporters, the industry and the regulator (the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources) to fulfil their full responsibilities. I will not be afraid to call out and take strong action against those who have not fulfilled their responsibilities, whether they be the exporter, the regulator or staff on ships," said the Australian official.

Last year, 12,377 sheep died during shipment from a total of 1,74 million that were being exported from Australia to other countries, a mortality rate of 0.71%.

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