December 5th, 20194The Australian government is backtracking on its commitment to improve conditions onboard livestock carriers. Dr Lynn Simpson is not impressed. An almost unbelievable turn of events has occurred. Unbelievable if you were not familiar with the draconian thinking of the Australian government. The government that declared an immediate...
November 27th, 20191“If these passengers wore school uniforms instead of wool …” Dr Lynn Simpson is not letting up in her condemnation of Sunday’s latest livestock carrier tragedy. Last night footage was released of the surviving trapped sheep inside the capsized . It has taken three days and overwhelming global public outcry, condemnation and...
November 26th, 20195The Queen Hind, which capsized in Romania’s Midia Port on Sunday, is now a torture chamber of a different sort, writes Dr Lynn Simpson. Previous reports of no survivors onboard the capsized livestock carrier have proven to be nauseatingly incorrect. Video released yesterday show possibly hundreds of sheep alive and trapped on the...
November 25th, 20199Dr Lynn Simpson questions what the EU will do in the wake of yet another livestock shipping tragedy yesterday. How long will authorities allow this madness to continue? Romania and the EU are yet again under the global spotlight with animal welfare failure. Romanian farmers are outraged, and welfare groups are yet again proven right-...
September 19th, 20191Dr Lynn Simpson looks at the South African livestock trades. With no apparent intention to comply with the new Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), single tier, sheep deck regulations, coming into force in Australia in just 14 weeks the is currently waiting outside the port of East London in South Africa to try its luck...
September 2nd, 20195Dr Lynn Simpson recalls how she put pen to paper 16 years ago to record her worst ever livestock voyage. The ship she was on at the time is still moving animals around the globe. Ongoing damning exposés have forced Australia through social and scientific pressure to finally, officially, raise welfare conditions for animals...
March 25th, 20191Livestock carriers have the oldest age profile in deepsea shipping. The sulphur cap should ensure many of them find their way to beaches in South Asia soon, writes Dr Lynn Simpson. Another day of ovine gridlock on a sheep ship. No indicators, no brake lights, no problem; nowhere to go. Images like this will soon be historical. Why?...
February 13th, 20190Regular livestock contributor Dr Lynn Simpson makes her 2019 debut warning there’s still plenty to fix in this trade. Where to start? A quick update of current live export issues in Australia will help. April 2018, video footage from five voyages on the Awassi Express was shown on ‘60 Minutes’. The footage, filmed by a...
November 7th, 20181Dr Lynn Simpson gives her verdict on the Moss review looking into Australia's Live Animal Export industry. Several months late the government has finally released the Moss review. Akin to waiting for a deadbeat kid to give their parents a damning, school report card. Philip Moss was tasked with investigating the true culture of...
August 22nd, 20184Dr Lynn Simpson reports on a remarkable day as the livestock trades edge ever closer to oblivion. After decades of failed regulation, Australia’s largest exporter of sheep has had its licence permanently cancelled by the Australian Department of Agriculture. Today, it was announced that Emanuel Exports can no longer export live...
