Australia may slaughter or dump 50,000 unwanted sheep

Australia may slaughter 57,000 sheep or dump then on an island if it fails to find a buyer this week for the animals, which have been stranded for two months on a ship in the Gulf.

Australia may slaughter or dump 50,000 unwanted sheep

Australia may slaughter 57,000 sheep or dump then on an island if it fails to find a buyer this week for the animals, which have been stranded for two months on a ship in the Gulf.

The sheep had been headed for Saudi Arabia on the Dutch ship Cormo Express in August as part of Australia’s lucrative live sheep trade with some Middle East countries.

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