Johannesburg - The NSPCA had observed “gross cruelty” towards the consignment of 50 000 sheep and 600 cattle loaded onto the Al Messilah livestock carrier this week before being shipped to the Middle East, it said on Friday.
“These contraventions included animals legs caught between trucks and ramps, dragging of the sheep by the fleece, legs and horns, punching and kicking, tail twisting, knee jabbing into the ribs of animals, and grabbing and tossing of animals.”“At this time of the year, with expected high temperatures, this kind of stocking density is unacceptable, especially for the overweight animals.
Concerns related to the high temperatures the animals would be subject to in being transported in sweltering heat, the stress of being land animals at sea, a changed diet, the difficulties of disposing of their waste safely, the condition of sick animals, among others.. “It seems almost impossible that the particular standards the court set could be observed in just one week,” said David Bilchitz, director at ALRSA Animal Law Reform SA and professor of law at the University of Johannesburg.
It laid charges in terms of the Act “and will continue to fight for the ban of live export of sheep by sea over the equator.” In a statement, Al Mawashi South Africa said the export of live 50 310 sheep was “critical for food security, religious sacrifice, and consumer preference for freshly slaughtered meat in Middle Eastern countries”.
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