The Australian Alliance for Animals is urging the Albanese Government to announce its plan to phase out the live sheep export trade as the six-month anniversary of the independent panel’s report passes this week.

The Alliance for Animals, together with other leading animal protection organisations in Australia, have written an open letter to Prime Minister Albanese asking that his Government fulfil its election promise to phase out live sheep exports from Australia.

Leading animal welfare organisations are calling on the Albanese Government to honour its election commitment to phase out live sheep exports in an open letter requesting a definitive end date to be announced in next month’s Federal Budget. 

The Australian Alliance for Animals is calling for an end to live sheep exports and for the Department of Agriculture to commit to full transparency around the conditions faced by thousands of sheep and cattle onboard the ill-fated MV Bahijah, which is due to arrive in Israel today following its latest 34-day voyage.

Peak animal welfare group, the Australian Alliance for Animals has expressed dismay over the decision to re-export more than 15,000 sheep on board the MV Bahijah to the Middle East.

Peak animal welfare group, the Australian Alliance for Animals, has welcomed the introduction of a new bill to formally legislate the phase out live sheep exports in Australia.

We, the animal protection sectors in Australia and New Zealand, implore the live export companies trading in Australia to immediately apply a voluntary suspension of all live animal exports to or through the Red Sea while the risk of attack remains, and suspend any extended journeys to the Middle East via the Cape of Good Hope.

The Australian Alliance for Animals has today welcomed the decision of the Department of Agriculture to reject an application to re-export approximately 15,000 sheep and cattle stranded on board the MV Bahijah since 5 January.

The Alliance for Animals is calling for common sense to prevail as the Department of Agriculture considers an application to re-export thousands of Australian sheep and cattle.

The Alliance for Animals is today calling for an immediate inquiry following revelations that the WA Government intends to drop animal cruelty charges against the state’s largest live sheep exporter just days before a long-awaited trial was due to commence.

The Alliance for Animals is calling on the Government to expedite the phase out of live sheep exports following further revelations of export rule breaches in the Middle East.

The Alliance for Animals has made a submission to the Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock (ASEL) Update 3.3, recommending stronger regulatory requirements for animal welfare.

The Australian Alliance for Animals is calling on the Government to expediate its phase out of live sheep exports as further evidence shows a complete breakdown of supply chain controls in Oman. 

The Alliance for Animals has made five key recommendations on how and when the Australian Government should implement a legislated phase-out of live sheep exports by sea.

The Australian Alliance for Animals has today condemned the Coalition’s policy of reinstating the cruel live sheep export trade should it return to government.

The Alliance for Animals welcomes the beginning of the live sheep export phase out process by the Australian Government.

The Alliance for Animals supports the motions put forward to disallow regulations introduced by the former Coalition Government rolling back the northern summer live sheep export ban.

Learn how phasing out live sheep export will benefit both animal welfare and the Australian economy

The Alliance opposes the Morrison Government’s proposed backflip on the northern summer live export ban.

The Morrison Government is proposing a backflip on the northern summer live export ban. We can’t let this happen.