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A terrified Australian sheep is thrown down violently and dragged by one leg across the rocky ground. Others lay dead and dying on the street around him. A foot stomps down on his neck. With a short blunt knife, his throat is sawn at, while his legs scramble in vain. When his throat is cut, he is left in the dirt, to bleed out, until he loses consciousness.
His suffering is over. But for other Australian sheep caught up in the chaos, it is just the beginning. Tragically, none of these animals should have been there.

Australian live exporters who send animals to Jordan are meant to ensure they are protected from such treatment and that they remain within approved supply chains. In fact, it is a condition of their export permit.
But during the Festival of Sacrifice (Eid al Adha) in Jordan this year, thousands of Australian sheep were sold and brutally killed - in the streets, in filthy make-shift slaughter rooms, in driveways and in backyards - in breach of Australian law. And rather than abiding by the rules, ear tags were removed from Australian animals en mass, so that they could not be traced back to the exporter responsible.
Australian exporter - Livestock Shipping Services, who supplies animals to its parent company in Jordan - was already being investigated for evidence showing widespread and recurring breaches of live export regulations, in Jordan, in June of this year. Now a further formal complaint has been lodged with the Department of Agriculture, backed by extensive evidence gathered by Animals Australia investigators.
One of the primary reasons for the introduction of new live export regulations was to ensure animals did not suffer the consequences of being offered for private sale and slaughter. This latest terrible vision provided to the Department of Agriculture from Jordan reveals the carnage that resulted from a complete disregard for these regulations.
Inconceivably, just days after this mass slaughter, another ship laden with Australian sheep was allowed to set sail for Jordan.

What's next?

The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that an investigation is underway. The Australian Live Exporters Council (ALEC), along with individual exporters, have joined animal welfare groups in calling for the strongest possible regulatory response to these breaches.
The Department of Agriculture has immediate powers to ensure no further animals are put at risk while an investigation is underway. Every time an exporter wants to send a shipload of animals they must apply for a permit. Before approving these permits the Department must consider the exporter's past record of complying with regulations, and whether it is likely that the animals will be treated in accordance with regulations. If the Department has grounds for concern on either of these points, they have the power to deny the exporter a permit.
Australian animal protection groups have written to the Department requesting that they use their power to ensure that no more animals are placed at such grave risk of appalling cruelty in Jordan.
What's absolutely certain, is that the Department has been provided with strong evidence that shows outright contempt for Australian live export regulations.
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Australian live export regulations

Australian live export regulations, called the Export Supply Chain Assurance Scheme (ESCAS), dictate that all animals exported from Australia must be kept within approved supply chains. The sale of individual animals to private buyers is prohibited. In Jordan, this means Australian sheep can only go to four accredited feedlots and be slaughtered in two accredited abattoirs.*

*As a result of Animals Australia’s work in Jordan, no Australian animals - both sheep and cattle - are supposed to suffer the cruelty of conscious slaughter, in the major government abattoir. Jordan is now the only importing country where stunning of sheep has been introduced, and where no Australian animals should be killed whilst fully conscious.

These rules aim to prevent animals being on-sold to individuals, and suffering the often-brutal consequences, such as: rough handling, being stuffed into car boots, and being killed by untrained hands.

Live export breaches in Jordan

In June 2013, Animals Australia investigators documented evidence showing widespread breaches of Australian live export regulations by the exporter Livestock Shipping Services (LSS) in Jordan, with Australian sheep being illegally sold and slaughtered outside of approved supply chains in 26 different locations. Extensive evidence was provided to the Department of Agriculture for investigation - including evidence of the on-selling of Australian sheep to Lebanon - a country not approved to take Australian animals at all.
When Animals Australia returned to Jordan four months later, breaches had only escalated. Investigators observed at least 10,000 Australian sheep being illegally sold from 32 separate roadside merchants. Thousands of Australian sheep were available for private purchase at a facility directly connected to LSS's parent company -  - in direct contravention of Australian regulations.
Animals Australia immediately alerted the Australian government to the unfolding situation.
It was the week leading up to the Festival of Sacrifice, the peak time of animal suffering and cruelty in the Middle East. It was, in fact, the cruelty associated with this annual festival - documented by Animals Australia in Kuwait in November 2010 - that underpinned the new live export rules, prohibiting the private sale and slaughter of exported animals.
What was unfolding in Jordan would have been prevented had the exporter complied with regulations.

Identification of sheep

The issue of the systemic removal of ear tags which we have documented in a number of markets needs to be urgently addressed. That the only visible response to being reported for breaches in June was removing ear tags in an attempt to conceal the identity of the exporter shows the deliberate nature of these offences.
The ability to remove ear tags to escape detection, and the fact that sheep do not have unique ear tag numbers (as is the case for cattle), presents a loophole that undermines the integrity of ESCAS. It can be easily addressed by making the individual, visual identification of sheep - identifying the exporter - mandatory; and by rendering the removal of these tags prior to slaughter a serious offence.

Working towards real change for animals world-wide

In investigations conducted throughout the Middle East throughout October, cruelty to Australian, European and local animals was documented. Animals Australia will be providing evidence to, and supporting the lobbying efforts of, international and local animal welfare charities. We will also be bringing these issues to the attention of the OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health).
In addition to a third ESCAS complaint lodged in relation to Kuwait, Animals Australia has also filed a formal complaint in relation to Mauritius, details of which will be released once formal complaints have been lodged with the Mauritian government.
While in Jordan, Animals Australia assisted with the drafting of animal protection laws for submission to the Jordanian Minister of Agriculture. Animals Australia is also funding an expert Australian animal handling consultant to travel to Jordan to assist a government committee established to reform their abattoirs.
The terrible treatment of animals across the Middle East during the Festival of Sacrifice has nothing to do with religion. In every instance, the animal cruelty documented is in complete contradiction to Islamic principles.

How you can help

If it weren't for Animals Australia investigators, the Australian Government wouldn't even know that live exporters had breached regulations. And animals would be suffering in silence. Help us hold them to account.