I am utterly disgusted with the manner in which this was ignored by the national department and NO assistance was given by the DA Provincial Government. I stand and often criticised for my stand for the DA but this is NOT acceptable.
I have not copied the whole article, you can read it for yourself. Many countries have banned the export of live animals and it's time we do the same.
I really hope that the NSPCA are successful with the court action and for the first time in my life, I hope the DA led provincial government gets its a$$ kicked.

The NSPCA will be laying charges in terms of the Animals Protection Act No 71 of 1962 against the South African Government, including the Provincial Government,


OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
LEGAL BATTLE AGAINST THE DEATH SHIP

On Friday, 4 October 2019, sorrow and anguish filled the harbour as Inspectors from the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) and SPCAs watched the last sheep being loaded onto the Al-Shuwaikh vessel, along with an estimated 57 000 other sheep destined for the Middle East for inhumane slaughter. There were inspectors monitoring the loading at the feedlot and on the harbour for the entire process.

Inspectors on the feedlot and the harbour worked tirelessly from the early morning until late at night monitoring the loading of these sheep on 1 and 2 October 2019, finally working a 27 hour shift on 3 October 2019 until the morning of 4 October 2019 when the last sheep was loaded.

“We were standing on the harbour after a final inspection of the vessel was undertaken, the atmosphere and sheer devastation was suffocating, we all knew what it meant for the sheep on board. However, the evidence collected over the last four days will protect millions of animals from ever being loaded onto these death ships in the future” said Meg Wilson of the NSPCA.

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