Middle East aim to ban Australian sheep imports

From the Gulf Daily News, my favourite local news source. I am yet to make up my mind on this one. I can imagine it would suck to be a sheep.

Ban sought on sheep import

By geoffrey bew

A MAJOR Save the Sheep campaign that aims to gather public support for an end to live sheep imports from Australia to the Middle East is coming to Bahrain.

The US-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) is urging governments to end the practice immediately, which it claims is "inhumane and unhygienic".

The animal welfare organisation launched a tour of the Middle East earlier this year and its representatives are visiting countries in the region to spread awareness about the issue.

It has already held a series of demonstrations at Australian embassies in Jordan, Cairo and Kuwait as part of the drive.

The organisation plans to publish a shocking new advert in Bahrain in an attempt to encourage public support for an end to live sheep imports from Australia.

It has created the image, which shows hundreds of sheep crammed tightly into stalls on a multi-tiered ship and confined amid their own waste.

A message in Arabic and English says, "Before they're cooked in yoghurt and spices, they're marinated in urine and faeces."
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