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Showing posts with label Livestock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Livestock. Show all posts
Thursday, 15 October 2015
Live exporters have no legal obligation to ensure the welfare of Australian dairy cows once overseas, leaving our animals vulnerable to rough handling, abuse and cruel slaughter.
Friday, 25 October 2013
What does it matter if they die a suffocating death? After all, they are only living, breathing beings.
From The Weekly Times
Cattle suffocates on flight
Rob Harris | October 24, 2013
AUSTRALIAN cattle have suffocated during a flight from Melbourne to Kazakhstan, foreign media reports.
The shipment of 321 purebred Angus and Hereford heifers were on a Boeing 747 cargo flight as part of a breeding Kazakhstan government breeding program, according to Kazakh news service Tengrinews.
The 49 heifers suffocated when the air conditioning system malfunctioned, the Veterinarian Service of the Agricultural Ministry said.
The 49 heifers suffocated when the air conditioning system malfunctioned, the Veterinarian Service of the Agricultural Ministry said.
They were found dead when the shipment landed in Almaty following a 17-hour flight which included refuelling in Singapore.
"The airplane carrying the live cargo arrived today during the night. But it was discovered that part of the cattle died along the way,'' he said.
The report suggest the cattle were loaded on to the plane in "a bi-level configuration in special boxes", with those on the lower level surviving.
"The airplane carrying the live cargo arrived today during the night. But it was discovered that part of the cattle died along the way,'' he said.
The report suggest the cattle were loaded on to the plane in "a bi-level configuration in special boxes", with those on the lower level surviving.
It is believed the deaths were caused when the cows' natural wastes - ammonia _ became the source of poisonous vapors and they suffocated because of insufficient supply of oxygen, a Kazakh veterinarian said.
The Federal Department of Agriculture confirmed this afternoon it was investigating a "live animal exports reportable mortality incident that occurred onboard a flight to Kazakhstan''.
A spokesman said the exporter loaded breeder cattle onto a flight from Melbourne this week.
"As part of normal processes, the exporter advised the department that the reportable mortality level for cattle during the flight had been exceeded,'' he said.
"The department is investigating the reasons for the mortalities, working with the exporter.''
Garry Robinson, chief executive officer of Western Australian-based Livestock Shipping Services, said he was waiting on a report US-based Atlas Air for more information.
He said the shipment was the first of five in the past month to experience problems taking cattle to Kazakhstan.
Mr Robinson said reports of the deaths were "very puzzling and deeply concerning''.
The Federal Department of Agriculture confirmed this afternoon it was investigating a "live animal exports reportable mortality incident that occurred onboard a flight to Kazakhstan''.
A spokesman said the exporter loaded breeder cattle onto a flight from Melbourne this week.
"As part of normal processes, the exporter advised the department that the reportable mortality level for cattle during the flight had been exceeded,'' he said.
"The department is investigating the reasons for the mortalities, working with the exporter.''
Garry Robinson, chief executive officer of Western Australian-based Livestock Shipping Services, said he was waiting on a report US-based Atlas Air for more information.
He said the shipment was the first of five in the past month to experience problems taking cattle to Kazakhstan.
Mr Robinson said reports of the deaths were "very puzzling and deeply concerning''.
Monday, 9 September 2013
If you think of every dollar you spend as a vote, there is still a lot of stuff to vote for or against!
So this week we have a new Prime Minister...
Whether or not the outcome of the election is what you hoped for, never forget that your 'vote' remains immensely powerful. And you need
not wait three years to exercise it...
A vote today to walk past the cage eggs in the supermarket can save a hen from
a life of misery in a battery cage.
A vote against factory farmed products will bring pigs confined in crates so
small they cannot turn around, one important step closer to freedom.
A vote to bypass the pet shop and adopt your next four legged family member
from an animal shelter will give a loving cat or dog a second chance.
A vote to treat yourself to dairy-free chocolate, yoghurt and ice creams
will help save a dairy calf from
a trip to the abattoir at just 5 days of age.
A vote to reduce or replace the animal products in your shopping trolley
next week could save lives and help save the planet.
A vote to teach kindness to children will
pay dividends for generations.
And a vote to stay the course with us and
be a voice for our fellow species will speed the day when all animals are
afforded the respect and compassion they so desperately deserve.
Thank you, in every way, on every day, for voting
for a kinder world!
The Animals Australia team.
P.S. The change in government has only strengthened our resolve to
campaign vigorously on behalf of animals in the live export trade. We'd like to
share our thoughts with you about the challenges and opportunities that
lie ahead. Click here to read more »
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Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Ban Live Export National Rally - all capitals - this Saturday October 6 12 Noon
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Monday, 10 September 2012
Two Quakers in a Sunday search of sustainability : worm septic system and the never-watered fruit and veges
Yesterday was Sustainable House Day. There were lots of marvellous choices across the country - but I selected one. Elderblogger syndrome once again. Experience has shown I must not try to fit too much into the schedule. When I went over the list, it seemed to me that in some entries there was an emphasis on the house with little or nothing offered in the way of an interesting garden. I was more interested in what might be going on out-of-doors and I chose accordingly. My destination turned out to be in a quite isolated location whose nearest settlement is the village of Napoleons.
I set off with my F/friend Ruth after Quaker Meeting for Worship. I checked Google Maps for location and directions before leaving and set off with the written details ... and finished up being unable to complete the directions because a tree was down across the road. Another vehicle came along - another Google person. So that made two vehicles heading for the same sustainable house. Then there was movement on the other side of the fallen tree. This was a GPS victim. They had been to the sustainable house and thought they were returning the way they had come ... but not so.
Eventually, Ruth and I made it to our destination in the hills surrounded by forest.
There were two things that were of particular interest ...
... the worm farm septic system ....
... and the fully enclosed orchard including vegetable gardens ....
...in which the chooks forage.
Their three sided chook shed is at the rear of the orchard.
These are pictures of the vege garden
which is not enclosed with the orchard.
Peter and Christine never ever water
the orchard and the vege gardens.
The septic system is one huge worm farm.
When the tanks reach a certain level,
approximately twice a day dependent upon usage,
a pump comes on and the tank contents
are pumped up automatically into trenches below
the fruit trees in the orchard.
Ruth and I had a wonderful and intrepid day out.
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