Another ‘cattle ship’ has docked, this time in East London harbour

Cattle, goats and sheep are being loaded onto the livestock carrier Al Messilah, destined for the Middle East. Image: Wikimedia Commonsof Cape Town. It was soon discovered that the smell was emanating from 19 000 cattle, kept in “deplorable conditions” aboard a ship in the Cape Town harbour.

The cattle were being shipped from Brazil to Iraq aboard an Al Kuwait vessel, and stopped in Cape Town to stock up on animal feed. The incident raised concerns around animal welfare andNow, cattle, goats and sheep are being loaded onto the livestock carrier Al Messilah in East London harbour, destined for the Middle East.

“The NSPCA has, through veterinary laboratory testing and visual examination, confirmed the presence of contagious“This is an infectious dermatitis of sheep and goats which is also contagious to humans, in the Al Mawashi feedlot contained in the herd bound for Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.”on Tuesday when it docked at East London harbour to document “animal exploitation”.

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