ANIMAL welfare charity Animals Australia has criticised the effectiveness of Australia’s Export Supply Chain Assurance System after “significant and widespread” breaches involving Australian sheep exported live to Oman...Read More
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ANIMAL welfare charity Animals Australia has criticised the effectiveness of Australia’s Export Supply Chain Assurance System after “significant and widespread” breaches involving Australian sheep exported live to Oman. AA has lodged a legal complaint with Australia’s live export regulator, the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, over the alleged ESCAS breaches in the Arabian Peninsula country. The complaint has prompted exporters to send staff to Oman to investigate the ESCAS supply chain issues. AA chief executive officer Glenys Oogjes said the complaint provides the locations of 14 non-ESCAS approved locations offering Australian sheep for sale – most with on-site kill floors. “Evidence gathered shows sheep being deliberately sold to private buyers from an importer’s feedlot. “The department was advised of this situation on Sunday (28 May) – immediately once the safety of the investigator and evidence was secured – and GPS details of ESCAS breach locations were ...
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