On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:50:48 +0800, "Mosley Jones III"
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>"Rainer Wolfcastle" wrote in message
>news:591392d5.0309231216.5afa5e93@posting.google.com...
>> I guess they papers are saying 50,000 today. Did you murder 10,000
>> yesterday?
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>> Lying & cruel Aussies.
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>the sheep are on a Dutch boat and owned by Arabs,
The company is called VROOB b.l. and their website is
http://www.vroon.nl
Click on the FLEET button and you will get the sheep stuff.
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>it is you that is not interested in the welfare of the sheep, but in
>vilifying Australians
Considering that 74% of Aussies opposed Bush's invasion of Iraq its a
puzzle why this guy hates us.
THOM
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>> http://www.abc.net.au/ra/newstories/RANewsStories_952215.htm
>> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/23/1064082991895.html
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>> SYDNEY, Australia -- Animal welfare groups are demanding that more
>> than 50,000 sheep marooned aboard a ship in the Persian Gulf be
>> humanely slaughtered as soon as possible.
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>> The sheep had originally been destined for Saudi Arabia but
>> authorities there refused to allow the ship to dock, citing an
>> outbreak of disease among some of the animals on board.
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>> That was six weeks ago.
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>> Now, with temperatures soaring aboard the Dutch-owned MV Cormo
>> Express, Australian animal welfare groups are demanding the animals be
>> humanely killed before they succumb to infection and heat exhaustion.
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>> "It's going to become a floating charnel house soon enough," RSPCA
>> Australia president High Wirth said, adding that the situation on the
>> boat had become "really desperate."
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>> The case has attracted widespread media attention in Australia with
>> newspapers dubbing the vessel "the ship of death."
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>> Saudi authorities refused to accept the sheep because some of the
>> animals were suffering from a low-grade infection known as scabby
>> mouth disease.
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>> The percent of the shipment infected is disputed by Australia, which
>> has since sought to find an alternative port for the sheep -- even
>> offering them for free to anyone in the region willing to take them.
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>> So far, that offer has drawn a blank.
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>> In the meantime Australia has suspended shipments of livestock to the
>> Middle East pending efforts to negotiate a deal with the Saudis
>> guaranteeing that all future exports will be unloaded.
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>> No entry
>> On Tuesday Pakistan became the third country to refuse to accept the
>> sheep after authorities in the United Arab Emirates also blocked entry
>> to the vessel.
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>> That prompted to animal welfare groups to call for the sheep to be
>> swiftly and humanely killed to end their suffering.
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>> "The only way to end the suffering is to have them dead. It's either
>> do it on board or find a port...and send them to an abattoir," RSPCA
>> Australia's Hugh Wirth said.
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>> According to another welfare group, Animals Australia, the ship has a
>> "captive bolt gun" on board, which could be used to stun the sheep
>> before their throats are cut.
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>> The group's executive director, Glenys Oogjes, told Reuters the
>> carcasses could then be fed into a destroyer, or macerator, on board
>> and the remains could be mixed with water before being pumped into the
>> sea in international waters.
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>> Australia is the world's largest exporter of live animals, with Saudi
>> Arabia being its principal market.
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>> The trade is worth millions of dollars a year to Australian farmers
>> but animal welfare groups say it causes unnecessary suffering to the
>> animals during their transportation and after their arrival in the
>> Middle East.
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