Canberra has suspended Emanuel Exports’s licence in the waking of shocking footage of conditions on a ship carried on a primetime documentary earlier this year.
A whistleblower seafarer videoed conditions onboard the Awassi Express (pictured) over a series of voyages from Australia to Middle East in which many sheep died.
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources announced on Friday that it has suspended the live export licence of Emanuel Exports pending a full review of the company’s response to a show cause notice.
Earlier this week, another top Australian sheep and cattle exporter, Livestock Shipping Services, bowed to pressure and quit sending animals to the Middle East during the perilously hot northern hemisphere summer months, deciding to reroute a number of shipments to South America instead.
