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The live export trade is unethical. It puts money ahead of animals' pain

  • Written by Peter Singer, Professor of Ethical Issues in Biotechnology, Justice and the Human Good, University of Melbourne

Last month millions of Australians saw footage of sheep dying slowly from heat and thirst while being shipped on the Awassi Express from Fremantle in Western Australia to Doha, Qatar. The voyage was last August, and what viewers saw was a very small portion of the suffering undergone by the 2,400 sheep who reportedly died on that one voyage. The...

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