It would appear that live animal exporters are still ignoring the health and well-being of livestock.
Take Emanuel Exports Pty Limited, first incorporated in Western Australia in 1955.....
Part One https://youtu.be/m1V96Y533Ds and
Part Two at https://youtu.be/FR09We_f9U4
ABC
News, 9 March
2018:
A scandal-plagued live
export ship slated to take 65,000 sheep to the Middle East has failed to
satisfy an inspection and must provide evidence of improvements before maritime
officials will allow it to set sail with livestock on board.
The concerns relate to
airflow in pens where sheep will travel.
Inspectors from the
Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) spent hours inspecting the Awassi
Express after it docked in Fremantle, Western Australia, on Sunday.
"AMSA has advised
the master and ship operator that they will have to arrange a third party air
flow verification report to prove compliance with air flow standards before an
Australian Certificate for the Carriage of Livestock can be issued," an
AMSA statement reads.
To carry livestock, a
ship must have a certificate for the carriage of livestock.
The inspected ship, used
by Emanuel Exports, is the same vessel linked to 2,400 sheep deaths during a
voyage to the Middle East last August.
The Department of
Agriculture investigated that incident but scandal erupted after footage of the sheep surfaced,
reportedly showing livestock being mistreated.
The vision, broadcast on
Channel Nine on Sunday night, showed hundreds of sheep crowded into a small
space, workers throwing dead sheep overboard, and faeces-covered pens where
animals stood panting or collapsed on the ground.
It remains unclear what
will happen to the sheep and 250 cattle Emanuel Exports plans to send to
Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar in the coming days.
Emanuel Exports was also
responsible for a July 2016 consignment, in which an estimated 3,000 sheep died from heat stress during
a voyage to the Middle East….
Governments and farming bodies will react after the event when particular instances of animal cruelty or poor shipping conditions make the news. However such reaction frequently makes a claim that the incident in question is a 'one-off' occurrence.
There appears to be a general lack of will to address the fundamental failure of the live export industry to protect livestock from harm or to turn and face the fact that live export in itself is a cruel practice.
Responsibility for animal welfare lies in the last instance with the Australian general public and it will not be until tens of thousands of everyday citizens pick up the phone or write/email federal ministers, MPs and senators that the public's voice will begin outweigh the political influence of farmer-grazier lobby groups.
There appears to be a general lack of will to address the fundamental failure of the live export industry to protect livestock from harm or to turn and face the fact that live export in itself is a cruel practice.
Responsibility for animal welfare lies in the last instance with the Australian general public and it will not be until tens of thousands of everyday citizens pick up the phone or write/email federal ministers, MPs and senators that the public's voice will begin outweigh the political influence of farmer-grazier lobby groups.
Contact
details for all members of the federal parliament be found at List
of Senators - (PDF 163KB) and List
of Members - (PDF 145KB) if
readers want to have their say on the subject of live animal export.
BACKGROUND
WA's largest live
exporting company, Emanuel Exports, is back in court today to defend itself
against charges of animal cruelty brought against it under the state's Animal
Welfare Act. The case harks back to 2003 when he animal rights group, Animals
Australia, won a Supreme Court order which forced the state to investigate
alleged breaches of the Act during a shipment of 100,000 sheep on the Al Kuwait
in November of that year. The livestock industry and animal rights groups say
the outcome could set a precedent for the future of live exports. Natacha
Hammond spoke with Tim D'Arcy from the Pastoralists and Graziers Association
who has been at the opening morning of the case.
8 February
2008, DLGD v Emanuel Exports judgement.
beefcentral.com, 1 March 2012:
The export licence of
one of Western Australia’s oldest livestock exporters, International Livestock
Exports, the South East Asian export arm of Emanuel Exports, could be under
threat as a result of footage released by Animals Australia this week.
The footage, showing mistreatment of cattle inside Indonesian abattoirs, aired on ABC Lateline on Tuesday.
ILE is believed to be the exporter responsible for at least one of the animals shown in the footage.
The Federal Government’s Export Supply Chain Accreditation System, introduced to improve animal welfare standards in the wake of televised footage of cruelty in Indonesian abattoirs last year, places the onus of responsibility for the welfare of all exported animals through until the point of slaughter on exporters.
Penalties for breaches of the ESCAS include conditions being placed on licenses, or the suspension or cancellation of a licence.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is currently investigating the footage supplied by Animals Australia last Friday, and will decide on penalties if it confirms that an Australian exporter has breached the ESCAS rules.
Emanuel Exports director Mike Stanton told Beef Central this afternoon that the company has suspended the operations of one abattoir within its accredited supply chain in Indonesia whilst the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry investigation is underway…..
The footage, showing mistreatment of cattle inside Indonesian abattoirs, aired on ABC Lateline on Tuesday.
ILE is believed to be the exporter responsible for at least one of the animals shown in the footage.
The Federal Government’s Export Supply Chain Accreditation System, introduced to improve animal welfare standards in the wake of televised footage of cruelty in Indonesian abattoirs last year, places the onus of responsibility for the welfare of all exported animals through until the point of slaughter on exporters.
Penalties for breaches of the ESCAS include conditions being placed on licenses, or the suspension or cancellation of a licence.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is currently investigating the footage supplied by Animals Australia last Friday, and will decide on penalties if it confirms that an Australian exporter has breached the ESCAS rules.
Emanuel Exports director Mike Stanton told Beef Central this afternoon that the company has suspended the operations of one abattoir within its accredited supply chain in Indonesia whilst the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry investigation is underway…..
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