The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has made the decision to not grant Rural Export and Trading (WA) Pty Ltd an exemption to export livestock after 1 June…Read More
Sheep Central, June 3, 2020
WESTERN Australian farmers and the RSPCA today faced off over a proposed export exemption for a shipment of sheep delayed by a COVID-19 outbreak on a vessel docked in Fremantle…Read More
Terry Sim, May 28, 2020
A WESTERN Australian live sheep exporter could gain an exemption for an impending shipment despite an approaching Middle East moratorium deadline and an outbreak of COVID-19 on a vessel berthed in Fremantle…Read More
Six crew members from a livestock export vessel docked in Fremantle have tested positive for COVID-19…Read More
Sheep Central, May 26, 2020
UNIVERSITY of Queensland Professor of Animal Welfare Clive Phillips has used outdated and obsolete data to cast doubt on the live export trade’s future, according to Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council chief executive officer Mark Harvey-Sutton…Read More
Australian Livestock Exporters' Council CEO Mark Harvey-Sutton, May 12, 2020
MIDDLE East importer Kuwait Livestock Transport & Trading has reported zero cattle deaths and sheep mortality of 0.1 percent during the first voyage of its new vessel the MV Al Kuwait, despite wet bulb temperatures reaching up to 31 degrees Celsius…Read More
Sheep Central, May 11, 2020
AUSTRALIA’S sheep producers would be wise to seriously explore alternatives to live export, with heat stress research casting further doubt on the industry’s future, according to University of Queensland’s Professor of Animal Welfare Clive Phillips…Read More
By Clive Phillips, University of Queensland, May 6, 2020
WESTERN Australian live exporter Emanuel Exports and subsidiary EMS Rural Exports will continue to seek reversal of their licence cancellations after a criminal investigation into it over sheep losses during Middle East shipments in 2017 was dropped…Read More
Sheep Central, April 24, 2020
A CRIMINAL investigation into live sheep exporters Emanuel Exports and EMS Rural Exports in relation to losses during several shipments in 2017 has been dropped…Read More
Sheep Central, April 23, 2020
CAMPAIGNS against livestock exports, intensive farming and mulesing are increasingly targeting rural lenders as animal rights groups pressure banks to choke off capital to industries and practices they oppose…Read More
James Nason, April 22, 2020
LIVE sheep shipments from Australia to the Middle East will be banned for 3.5 months during the the northern summer months of June to mid-September under tougher new guidelines released by the Federal Government today…Read More
Sheep Central, March 31, 2020
A CLASS action has been launched against live exporter Wellard Limited in the Federal Court of Victoria alleging the prospectus which preceded its ill-fated December 2015 initial public offering contained forecasts that were misleading to investors…Read More
James Nason, March 10, 2020