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...
August 16th, 20186Dr Lynn Simpson reports on the pullback from live animal exports seen across the world in recent months. Too many animals have died at sea during ‘live’ export; no sane person could dispute that. Now the global trade is on a terminal trajectory. We live in a more enlightened time. As such we are witnessing the well overdue...
August 7th, 20182Dr Lynn Simpson looks at what has happened to the Australian livestock export trades since April’s dramatic 60 Minutes exposé forced politicians to act. What’s happening with the live export of sheep from Australia, I keep getting asked. In short - not much, by that I mean nothing, no live export of sheep by sea. However,...
May 29th, 20184Splash's livestock expert Dr Lynn Simpson praises the brave choices made by one Pakistani seafarer who may have changed the livestock trades forever. Fazal Ullah is a man that any decent person on the planet should be proud of. He has my profound admiration. As a new seafarer he joined a ship to be a navigational officer. Little...
May 18th, 20188Splash livestock expert Dr Lynn Simpson is disappointed with changes made to the animal export industry in Australia this week. She calls for an end to the trade. Sheep die every day at sea. They shouldn’t be there. There is a clear trend that trying to deliver sheep by sea on ships, let alone through hot, humid weather is a...
April 18th, 20182Dr Lynn Simpson reimagines the Australian livestock trade scene post-60 Minutes as a horse race. Who will make it past the final furlong? Regulatory failure, lies and melting to death in a bed of hot sewerage whilst snuggled up to your dead friend’s body. Could be the promo to a fictional horror film? Unfortunately its...
April 5th, 20186Our livestock expert Dr Lynn Simpson returns today, with some serious questions for Australia’s Department of Agriculture. I mean, seriously. It’s only a few million live animals and maybe a thousand or so potentially exploited crew who suffer each year. Most of us haven’t had the ‘pleasure’ (deep sarcasm there folks) of...
