{"id":4516,"date":"2019-12-05T10:50:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T10:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4516"},"modified":"2019-12-05T10:50:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T10:50:51","slug":"shocking-footage-of-cruelty-towards-live-export-cattle-show-need-for-national-animal-cruelty-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/12\/05\/shocking-footage-of-cruelty-towards-live-export-cattle-show-need-for-national-animal-cruelty-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking Footage of Cruelty Towards Live Export Cattle Show Need for National Animal Cruelty Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian Greens Senator and Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi and The Greens (WA) spokesperson for Animal Welfare Hon. Alison Xamon MLC have responded to the abhorrent allegations of animal abuse on Western Australian cattle farms that were revealed in an investigation by Sentient Media.
\nThe footage was recorded by Israeli Animal Welfare Group \u2018Sentient\u2019 on Western Australian cattle stations and broadcast on Israeli TV. It shows \u00a0kicking and punching of animals, dehorning with no pain relief and other acts of cruelty. Many of these cattle enter the live export supply chain, including to Israel. The graphic footage and investigation is available here:\u00a0https:\/\/sentientworld.org\/investigations\/cattle-investigation-australia\/<\/a>
\n\u201cThe animal abuse shown in this investigation is absolutely horrific \u2013 these allegations need further investigation immediately. I am deeply disturbed and saddened by the utter disregard for animal welfare shown,\u201d said Ms Xamon.
\nMs Xamon said that these allegations demonstrate precisely why WA must prioritise urgent animal welfare legislation that establishes independent, unannounced welfare inspections and provides adequate funding to ensure there are enough inspectors to perform them.
\n\u201cFrom the appalling practice of live export to the absence of any regulatory oversight of animal welfare, the culture of animal cruelty we have seen lately is absolutely unacceptable,\u201d Ms Xamon said.
\n\u201cWestern Australians detest animal abuse and need to feel confident that animals are being treated with the highest level of care possible. We need to get serious about animal welfare and prioritize legislation in Parliament that ensures it.\u201d
\nSenator Faruqi said:
\n\u201cThis horrific footage shows a real breakdown in protecting animals. There must be an urgent investigation and hopefully prosecution by animal welfare authorities.
\n\u201cMany people would be shocked to know that some of the practices seen in the footage, such as dehorning without pain relief, are entirely legal. It is shameful that as a country, we allow procedures on farm animals that would never be allowed to be carried out on our family cat or dog without pain relief. We need a radical overhaul of animal cruelty laws.
\n\u201cIt is so disturbing that many of the cattle that survive this torture are then exported on ships of misery and death to the Middle East. Live Export of animals is an abomination and must be banned.
\n\u201cThe Greens are listening to the community and pushing for nationally consistent animal welfare laws to protect animals from this cruelty.\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australian Greens Senator and Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi and The Greens (WA) spokesperson for Animal Welfare Hon. Alison Xamon MLC have responded to the abhorrent allegations of animal abuse on Western Australian cattle farms that were revealed in an investigation by Sentient Media. The footage was recorded by Israeli Animal Welfare Group \u2018Sentient\u2019 … Continue reading “Shocking Footage of Cruelty Towards Live Export Cattle Show Need for National Animal Cruelty Laws”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}