industry slideshow: live export
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The following slideshow shows a range of photographs showing the live export program. It takes the viewer through the areas within Australia's live export industry from the live export transport through to the care taken with the animals on board.TRANSCRIPT
Australia’s livestock export industry
Supports thousands of farming families and communities
Australia’s livestock export industry
Australia exports cattle from the north
Australia’s livestock export industry
And sheep from the south
Australia’s livestock export industry
Dairy cattle are exported to build herds and provide milk
Australia’s livestock export industry
Most animals travel by sea
Australia’s livestock export industry
Some animals are transported by air
Australia’s livestock export industry
All animals are cared for and given a ‘health check’ before their journey
Australia’s livestock export industry
All animals are cared for and given a ‘health check’ before their journey
Australia’s livestock export industry
All cattle are scanned as part of their ‘health check’
Australia’s livestock export industry
Sheep are shorn before they go, so they don’t get hot
Australia’s livestock export industry
Sufficient food to keep all animals happy is loaded on board. They have constant access to food and water for the whole trip
Australia’s livestock export industry
Boarding sheep for their journey overseas
Australia’s livestock export industry
Loading cattle in Darwin
Australia’s livestock export industry
Loading animals for their journey overseas
On board vessels
On board, all animals have constant access to food and water
Australia’s livestock export industry
On board, all animals have constant access to food and water
Australia’s livestock export industry
Counting sheep…to make sure they have enough space in their pen
Australia’s livestock export industry
Cattle have room to move around, constant access tofood and water, and are cared for by stockmen and women
Australia’s livestock export industry
Qualified stockmen and women care for all animals on their journey
Australia’s livestock export industry
Australian stockmen and women care for all animals on board
Australia’s livestock export industry
In the Middle East, animals walk from the ship and are transported in livestock trucks to feedlots
Australia’s livestock export industry
Feedlots are shaded and animals have access to food and cool water
Australia’s livestock export industry
Livestock are then transported to abattoirs or local markets for sale
Australia’s livestock export industry
In the Middle East and Asia our animals are cared for by Australian animal welfare experts
Australia’s livestock export industry
Australian animal welfare experts based in the Middle East and Asia make sure our animals are well looked after
Australia’s livestock export industry
They train locals on how to work with Australian animals. The ‘sheep talker’ moves animals without noise or stress
Australia’s livestock export industry
Training local people in the Middle East
Australia’s livestock export industry
Checking water temperature in Oman
Australia’s livestock export industry
Training local stockmen
Australia’s livestock export industry
In Asia, cattle walk from the vessel andare transported in livestock trucks to feedlots
Australia’s livestock export industry
In Asia, cattle are transported to feedlots
Australia’s livestock export industry
In Malaysia, cattle graze under palm plantations
Australia’s livestock export industry
Australia also exports goats to Asia
Australia’s livestock export industry
In Asia, Australian experts train locals in caring for Australian cattle and goats
Australia’s livestock export industry
In Asia, Australian experts train locals in caring for Australian cattle and goats
Australia’s livestock export industry
We also hold retail promotions with Australian beef
Australia’s livestock export industry
Australia has the highest standards in the world for livestock export. It is regulated by the Australian Government, and every shipment is
reported. This report is tabled twice a year in Federal Parliament.
Australia’s livestock export industry
Australian farmers and exporters care about their animals