Animals Australia says thousands of sheep from Australia are set to be slaughtered outside the live export rules that are supposed to protect them after uncovering alleged abuses in Oman.
to Omanis for private sacrificial slaughter – a breach of the Australian laws that are meant to govern live exports.
Footage from Animals Australia shows sheep allegedly from Australia crammed into the back of a ute in Oman.A department spokesperson said they could not comment on specifics until the investigation was finished. “We believe that a regulatory direction should not be necessary for such an action to be voluntarily undertaken in good faith, considering the publicly stated commitment of the live sheep trade to animal welfare,” Animals Australia’s Glenys Oogjes wrote.
Lyn White, a former police officer now with Animals Australia, said the alleged breaches showed the industry could not be regulated and must be closed down.
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