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10-26-03, 08:45 AM
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/26/1067103263956.html
A shipload of Australian sheep is taking longer than expected to be unloaded into the poor African nation of Eritrea.
Of 52,000 sheep stuck aboard the MV Cormo Express since August 6, just 14,000 have been unloaded and sent to a feedlot near the Eritrean capital of Asmara.
Eritrea is taking the sheep, along with $1 million in aid from Australia and 3,000 tonnes of feed, after 57 nations rejected the animals.
Agriculture Minister Warren Truss said there had been no change in the condition of the sheep. He said the delay in unloading all the sheep, which the government had hoped would all be near Asmara, was because of delays in providing vaccinations.
"The sheep are being vaccinated for a number of diseases potentially present in Eritrea as they leave the vessel," he said in a statement. "The vaccination procedure is slowing the unloading process."
Mr Truss announced the members of an inquiry which is to investigate Australia's live export trade and specifically the Cormo Express incident. >>>> continued here (http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/26/1067103263956.html)
BAN LIVE EXPORTS NOW
Ships of Death, Ships of Shame >>>>
1980 – All 40,605 sheep perish in a fire aboard the Farid Fares.
1980 – Disease outbreak causes the death of 2,713 sheep on the Kahleej Express.
1981 – 635 sheep die in the transfer from the Kahleej Express to the A1 Shuuwaikh.
1981 – 8,764 sheep perished onboard The Persia from ventilation breakdown.
1983 – 15,000 sheep die from exposure in Portland feedlots while waiting loading.
1984 – Ventilation breakdown in the Mukairish Althaleth causes the death of 70 sheep each day
1985 – 15,000 sheep die of heat exhaustion on board the Fernanda F.
1990 – One rejected ship, the Mawashi AI Gasseem was forced to stay on the water for 16 weeks before a country would accept its remaining sheep.
1990 – MV Cormo Express almost 10,000 sheep die due to inadequate ventilation causing heat stroke, pneumonia, other diseases and failure to eat.
1991 – At the end of the Iran/Iraq war, Australian sheep arrived in war-devastated Kuwait and some 30,000 sheep died from heat stroke and dehydration due to poor infrastructure and feedlot facilities.
1996 – 67,488 sheep died when fire broke out on board the Uniceb
1996 – 1592 cattle drowned when the Guernsey Express sank
1998 – MV ‘Charolais Express’ 346 cattle died due to inadequate ventilation. 50 more die in
Jordanian port, 174 injured or ill subsequently rejected by Jordan, then Yemen, and ultimately disposed of at sea.
1999 – MV ‘Temburong’, 829 cattle suffocate when power loss causes ventilation failure during voyage from Darwin to Irian Jaya
1999 – MV ‘Kalymnian Express’ 300 cattle died of injuries, or were destroyed later due to their injuries, when the ship met a cyclone
2000 – Two shipments of cattle to Korea rejected at their destination when local farmers believed the trade would threaten their local cattle industry. Six cattle were beaten to death while the remainder held in Quarantine and on board ship until the Korean Government moved them to slaughter.
2002 – 99 cattle die on NV Norvantes en route to Jakarta in bad weather.
2002 – MV Maysora 200 cattle die from heat exhaustion
2002 – MV Becrux, on maiden voyage, boasting ability to provide highest standard of animal welfare & comfort, 880 cattle and 1,400 sheep die
2002 – total of 15,156 sheep died during the voyages and discharge phase. Cormo Express: 1064 sheep died, Corriedale Express: 6119 sheep died, Al Shuwaikh: 5,800 sheep died, and Al Messilah: 2173 sheep died. AMSA/AFFA and AQIS are conducting 4 separate inquiries. At least one ship has been allowed to load more sheep and leave before reports done
2003 - MV Cormo Express up to 5,000 sheep dead
THIS HAS GOT TO STOP !!!!!!!!!!! :help:
Listed below are the relevant addresses and please send us a copy of any replies you receive.
Hon. Warren Truss MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry
PO Box 283, Maryborough, Queensland 4650
Fax No. (02) 6273 4120
Email: w.truss.mp@aph.gov.au
Hon. Alexander Downer, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Commonwealth Parliament Offices,
100 King William St, Adelaide 5000
Fax No. (08) 8237 7950
Email: A.Downer.MP@aph.gov.au
Hon. Mark Vaile, Minister for Trade
PO Box 330, Taree, NSW 2430
Fax No. (02) 6552 5835
Email: Mark.Vaile.MP@aph.gov.au
And protest to the industry themselves:
Mr Kevin Shiell, CEO, LiveCorp
GPO Box 3466, Sydney, NSW 1043
Email: kshiell@livecorp.com.au
PLEASE EVERYONE WRITE AN EMAIL, LETTER, FAX or CALL THE AUTHORITIES!!!
A shipload of Australian sheep is taking longer than expected to be unloaded into the poor African nation of Eritrea.
Of 52,000 sheep stuck aboard the MV Cormo Express since August 6, just 14,000 have been unloaded and sent to a feedlot near the Eritrean capital of Asmara.
Eritrea is taking the sheep, along with $1 million in aid from Australia and 3,000 tonnes of feed, after 57 nations rejected the animals.
Agriculture Minister Warren Truss said there had been no change in the condition of the sheep. He said the delay in unloading all the sheep, which the government had hoped would all be near Asmara, was because of delays in providing vaccinations.
"The sheep are being vaccinated for a number of diseases potentially present in Eritrea as they leave the vessel," he said in a statement. "The vaccination procedure is slowing the unloading process."
Mr Truss announced the members of an inquiry which is to investigate Australia's live export trade and specifically the Cormo Express incident. >>>> continued here (http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/26/1067103263956.html)
BAN LIVE EXPORTS NOW
Ships of Death, Ships of Shame >>>>
1980 – All 40,605 sheep perish in a fire aboard the Farid Fares.
1980 – Disease outbreak causes the death of 2,713 sheep on the Kahleej Express.
1981 – 635 sheep die in the transfer from the Kahleej Express to the A1 Shuuwaikh.
1981 – 8,764 sheep perished onboard The Persia from ventilation breakdown.
1983 – 15,000 sheep die from exposure in Portland feedlots while waiting loading.
1984 – Ventilation breakdown in the Mukairish Althaleth causes the death of 70 sheep each day
1985 – 15,000 sheep die of heat exhaustion on board the Fernanda F.
1990 – One rejected ship, the Mawashi AI Gasseem was forced to stay on the water for 16 weeks before a country would accept its remaining sheep.
1990 – MV Cormo Express almost 10,000 sheep die due to inadequate ventilation causing heat stroke, pneumonia, other diseases and failure to eat.
1991 – At the end of the Iran/Iraq war, Australian sheep arrived in war-devastated Kuwait and some 30,000 sheep died from heat stroke and dehydration due to poor infrastructure and feedlot facilities.
1996 – 67,488 sheep died when fire broke out on board the Uniceb
1996 – 1592 cattle drowned when the Guernsey Express sank
1998 – MV ‘Charolais Express’ 346 cattle died due to inadequate ventilation. 50 more die in
Jordanian port, 174 injured or ill subsequently rejected by Jordan, then Yemen, and ultimately disposed of at sea.
1999 – MV ‘Temburong’, 829 cattle suffocate when power loss causes ventilation failure during voyage from Darwin to Irian Jaya
1999 – MV ‘Kalymnian Express’ 300 cattle died of injuries, or were destroyed later due to their injuries, when the ship met a cyclone
2000 – Two shipments of cattle to Korea rejected at their destination when local farmers believed the trade would threaten their local cattle industry. Six cattle were beaten to death while the remainder held in Quarantine and on board ship until the Korean Government moved them to slaughter.
2002 – 99 cattle die on NV Norvantes en route to Jakarta in bad weather.
2002 – MV Maysora 200 cattle die from heat exhaustion
2002 – MV Becrux, on maiden voyage, boasting ability to provide highest standard of animal welfare & comfort, 880 cattle and 1,400 sheep die
2002 – total of 15,156 sheep died during the voyages and discharge phase. Cormo Express: 1064 sheep died, Corriedale Express: 6119 sheep died, Al Shuwaikh: 5,800 sheep died, and Al Messilah: 2173 sheep died. AMSA/AFFA and AQIS are conducting 4 separate inquiries. At least one ship has been allowed to load more sheep and leave before reports done
2003 - MV Cormo Express up to 5,000 sheep dead
THIS HAS GOT TO STOP !!!!!!!!!!! :help:
Listed below are the relevant addresses and please send us a copy of any replies you receive.
Hon. Warren Truss MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry
PO Box 283, Maryborough, Queensland 4650
Fax No. (02) 6273 4120
Email: w.truss.mp@aph.gov.au
Hon. Alexander Downer, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Commonwealth Parliament Offices,
100 King William St, Adelaide 5000
Fax No. (08) 8237 7950
Email: A.Downer.MP@aph.gov.au
Hon. Mark Vaile, Minister for Trade
PO Box 330, Taree, NSW 2430
Fax No. (02) 6552 5835
Email: Mark.Vaile.MP@aph.gov.au
And protest to the industry themselves:
Mr Kevin Shiell, CEO, LiveCorp
GPO Box 3466, Sydney, NSW 1043
Email: kshiell@livecorp.com.au
PLEASE EVERYONE WRITE AN EMAIL, LETTER, FAX or CALL THE AUTHORITIES!!!