John, this time last week we stood in front of a Federal Court Judge to request an urgent trial in a final desperate attempt to force action to help Australian sheep in Oman. We've now lodged six legal complaints with the Commonwealth regulator showing more than a thousand animals being illegally offered for sale and slaughter for the imminent Festival of Sacrifice. While we were granted a trial, it became clear that time had run out for these animals. A month of regulator and exporter inaction had already sealed their fate. This damning situation has been exposed in national media today. We've now exhausted every legal avenue to help these animals. And John, I promise you, we've left no stone unturned. But we're not going anywhere. We will continue to police this industry. And we will use the refusal of export companies to follow the rules to secure the fastest phase-out of the live sheep trade. The importance of our investigations and work on behalf of the victims of live export has never been more evident. Any support you can provide to keep fuelling these efforts will be put to immediate use. |
