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In this two part article, and again thanks to the work of Animals Australia, I will expose the litany of abuse
that ought to have seen the cessation of this trade many years ago. Part one begins in 1980 and takes us
up to the turn of the century (2000):
TABLE OF STATISTICS — YEARS 2000 TO 1980
2000 : Two shipments of cattle to Korea were rejected at 1991: At the end of the Iran/Iraq war, Australian sheep
their destination when local farmersbelieved the trade would arrived in war-devastated Kuwait and some 30,000 sheep
threaten their local 'Hanwoo' cattle industry. Six cattle were died from heat stroke and dehydration due to poor
beaten to death while the remainder had to be held in infrastructure and feedlot facilities. Animals Australia had
quarantine and on board ship until the Korean Government previously appealed to the Government to stop shipments to the
were able to move them to slaughter. Gulf region during the war.
1999: The 'Temburong' - 829 cattle suffocate when power loss 1989-90 Multiple rejections leading to a ban on export to
causes ventilation failure on the ship during the voyage Saudi Arabia for 10 years.
(www.amsa.gov.au).
E•lev Eleven Australian shipments were rejected due to claims
Some 800 cattle were loaded onto the 'Kalymnian Express'
in December 1999 in Western Australia bound for Indonesia. of scabby mouth and other diseases, by Saudi Arabia. Over
Over 300 cattle died of injuries, or were destroyed later due 600,000 sheep on those ships endured elongated journeys as
to their injuries (report at www.amsa.gov.au) they waited on ships outside ports during negotiations or
travelled to alternate ports. On ship, the Mawashi Al Gasseem
1998: The 'Anomis' arrived in Malaysia from Geraldtown (WA) was forced to stay on the water for 16 weeks in 1990 before
in January with over 2,400 goats and cattle but could not another country would accept it’s remaining sheep.
unload due to a financial dispute between the exporter, shipper Official statistics were available for only 9 of the 11 ships
and importer. The ship was held up for over two weeks and rejected (June 1989 December 1990): 602,035 sheep loaded,
some 283 goats and 154 cattle are reported to have died. No 37,179 sheep died - 6.17% - three times the 'normal' mortality
report available. The MV 'Charolais Express' hit heavy weather rates for the trade at that time. On 17January 1991 Minister for
on route from Bunbury (WA) to Jordan in July. 346 cattle, of the Primary Industries John Kerin halted the trade with Saudi Arabia
1,200 loaded, are reported to have died due to inadequate (it resumed in 2000 under a new veterinary protocol which
ventilation. Fifty cattle then died in a Jordanian port, and a broke down in 2003, leading to the Cormo Express rejection).
further 174 were injured or ill and were rejected by Jordan,
then by Yemen, and were ultimately disposed of at sea. 1990:The "state of the art" Cormo Express left New Zealand
in May 1990 and close to 10,000 sheep died en route to the
1996:1,592 cattle drowned when the Guernsey Express sank Middle East due to inadequate ventilation causing heat stroke,
after taking water on its way to Osaka, Japan. No report has pneumonia, other diseases and failure to eat.
yet been provided! 67,488 sheep died when fire broke out on
board the Uniceb; 8 days elapsed before any rescue attempt 1985: 5,000 sheep die of heat exhaustion on board the
was made. Fernanda F.
1992: Published figures show increased on-board death rates, 1984: Ventilation breakdown in the Mukairish Althaleth causes
rising to almost 3 per cent, with the rise being attributed mainly the death of 70 sheep each day.
to a large number of ships unloading at more than one Middle
East port. Published studies show death rates in Middle East 1983:15,000 sheep die from 'exposure' in Portland feedlots
feedlots to be, on average, 3 per cent over the 3-week holding while waiting loading.
period (Aust. Vet. J, Vol 69, No 2, February 1992.)
1981:635 sheep die in the transfer from the Kahleej
• 1991: At the end of the Iran/Iraq war, Australian sheep Express to the Al Shuwaikh. 8,764 sheep perished onboard
The Persia from ventilation breakdown.
arrived in war-devastated Kuwait and some 30,000 sheep
died from heat stroke and dehydration due to poor 1980: The total cargo (40,605 sheep) perish in a fire aboard
infrastructure and feedlot facilities. Animals Australia had the Farid Fares. Disease outbreak causes the death of
ppreviously appealed to the Government to stop shipments 2,713 sheep on the Kahleej Express.
to the Gulf region during the war.
~ To be continued in our September Edition ~
