Australia's Live Cattle Export Industry in Turmoil

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Live cattle exports from Australia to Indonesia are now in jeopardy after graphic footage of animal cruelty has been released to the media.
Many Australians are outraged and are calling for a total ban on live cattle exports.

Please be warned, some footage in the following story is graphic.

The Australian live cattle export industry is in turmoil after graphic footage of animal cruelty in Indonesian abattoirs has been released.

The footage shows cattle suffering inhumane torture before being slaughtered.

The RSPCA along with Animals Australia released the footage, saying the Live Export Industry was aware of the abuses, but did not act when they were exposed.

Lisa Chalk of the RSPCA said, quote: "Live Corp and Meat and Livestock Australia are completely aware of their culpability in animal cruelty in Indonesia."

Indonesia has about 100 abattoirs where Australian cattle are sent for slaughter.

Glenys Oogjes, Executive Director, Animals Australia.

[Glenys Oogjes, Executive Director, Animals Australia]:
"Meat and Livestock Australia, representing the meat industries, and Live Corp, representing the live export industries, have known about the problems in Indonesia for probably 18-20 years."

Cameron Hall, CEO of Live Corp said, quote: ''The industry has been working hard to introduce stunning into Indonesian abattoirs for sometime, and we are accelerating this work so that stunning is adopted in more facilities by the end of the year.''

The Australian Minister of Agriculture says the abattoirs are currently being investigated.

[Joe Ludwig, Minister of Agriculture]:
"I've also then moved to suspend trade to those eleven- and forgive me if I don't get the number right. I understand it's eleven, but of course the department will work with the RSPCA and the animal rights groups just to identify the number, because what it will have to do is put it into an export control order. In doing that- In doing that what I will then have to do is make that available to you to confirm those number. So we will immediately suspend that. In addition to that what I've also asked is that we do what's effectively called a supply chain assurance. In other words an examination right across the supply chain of the animal welfare outcomes. What we want to ensure is that they meet the standards and guidelines that have been set."

Since the release of the footage, over 100 thousand Australians have registered their disgust on animal rights websites.

Last year Australia exported over 500 thousand live cattle to Indonesia in a trade worth around 300 million U.S. dollars.

NTD, Melbourne, Australia.

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[redjezabel]

What we (I'm from AU) are doing is foul and we should hang our heads in collective shame for not doing anything sooner. Screw the money.

[allaanaable]

The slit eyed fuckers, have no respect for animals, I'd do the same to them. ;(

[cooldudethegreatspy]

@CREvoTheGreat I don't think so.

[allaanaable]

By the way, it's got nothing to do with being Muslims... there are INSENSITIVE ARROGANT people everywhere!

[amles92]

ahhhhh im doing a tafe presentation on this fml making me sad!

[redjezabel]

@navster87 I would never want anyone not being able to earn an income but at the same time, we do have a responsibility to make sure that ANY animal's death be as painless as possible. In America, for the most part, Serial Killers and Murders are given the lethal injection, I know that it can't be done for the Meat Trade, but I just want animals to feel as little pain as posible ~ and I understand that you have a right to make a living.

[navster87]

@redjezabel not being cruel or anything here mate but you do realize the industry worth more than $300 million? earning $1 billion a year with over 10, 000 employees. You would rather have them be unemployed and australia loosing significant amount in their economy? im not supporting the inhumane torture i think its horrible what they are doing but you cant just say screw the money.

[CREvoTheGreat]

Lol it turns out the animal liberation people bribed the abbitior workers to beat up the cattle.

They'll stop at nothing to get on television.