Search Results for: Lynn Simpson
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Operations
Taking the livestock campaign to the IMO
Tumultuous. That seems to be the cliché mot du jour among shipping editors at this time of year where annual…
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An open letter to the IMO demanding changes to the livestock trades
Having created one of the world’s greatest exposés in the history of shipping journalism, Australian vet Dr Lynn Simpson has…
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Live Animal Export: A seafaring Christmas
I’m not sentimental about Christmas. At sea I learned to celebrate some, ignore others. Some companies/captains decided crews of mixed…
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Live Animal Export: Crews share diseases
Humans pick up some nasty gifts from livestock as Dr Lynn Simpson details in her latest instalment for Splash. I’m…
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Live Animal Export: Escapees: Part 2
Dr Lynn Simpson on what happens when an animal makes a bolt for freedom. Part one can be found here.…
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Live Animal Export: Escapees: Part 1
Dr Lynn Simpson on what happens when an animal makes a bolt for freedom. Escapees in live export are not…
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Live Animal Export: Simply safer ships
Australian vet Dr Lynn Simpson highlights flaws in livestock carrier designs. There’s an old saying: “Amateurs built the ark, professionals…
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Live Animal Export: Trapped at sea
What happens when animals try to escape ship? Dr Lynn Simpson explains. Get me out of here! That’s normally how…
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Live Animal Export: Monitoring sheep for the long haul
In 2015 Australia exported 2.01m sheep, 12,560 (0.62%) died and were thrown into the ocean. Cruiseships don’t operate like this.…
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Live Animal Export: Bodies overboard
What happens when animals die in transit? Dr Lynn Simpson has the gruesome details. Unknowingly, at birth, farm animals enter…
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Live Animal Export: Shipping fever
Dr Lynn Simpson, a leading Australian livestock expert, highlights the biggest killer of cattle at sea. “Shipping fever” is the well…
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Live Animal Export: Shitty, shitty sheep
Dr Lynn Simpson discusses an issue that kills large numbers of live export sheep. Quite frankly, sheep give me the shits! “More…
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Live Animal Export: Blindsided
Dr Lynn Simpson on dealing with animals with eye troubles in transit. I recently went to a charity ball for…
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Live Animal Export: Reject the rejects
How come so many animals that clearly do not meet the rules are still being herded on ships and transported?…
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Live Animal Export: Born on the high seas
Dr Lynn Simpson explains what can happen when preganant animals travel on livestock carriers: “The morale of the ship plummets…
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Operations
Elders quits livestock trades citing weak profit margins
Australian agribusiness company Elders is quitting the livestock trades citing poor returns on shipping animals to Asia. Elders is now…
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Live Animal Export: Injuries onboard
I should never have put a single bandage on. I should have shot them all in the head. It would…
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Asia
Hanjin fallout dominates the headlines
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock you won’t be surprised to know the top news on this site this…
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Live Animal Export: The seafarer who died in my arms
Dr Lynn Simpson recounts how crew are affected by the livestock trades. I’m often asked, “What is the most shocking…
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Offshore
Offshore doom, internet gloom, and a busy jobs room
Offshore woes continued to dominate the hits on Splash this week, which was appropriate given the high calibre offshore discussion…
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