How many animals are exported from Australia? Where do they go?
Sheep: Around 4 million sheep are exported to the Middle East each year. The biggest markets are Kuwait and Saudi Arabia with around 1 million imported sheep each. Other primary destinations include Oman, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Tens of thousands of sheep die on the ships before they reach the Middle East. Cattle: Each year Australia exports over half a million cattle. Most go to South East Asia – the majority to Indonesia – and more than 119,000 cattle were exported to the Middle East (Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Egypt, and Libya) during 2006. A temporary suspension due to an Animals Australia expose of cruel practices meant that no cattle were sent to Egypt in 2006. Hundreds die on the sea voyage, and more succumb to illness and disease after arrival (see ‘The Death Files’ and ‘Litany of Disasters’). Due to an Animals Australia expose of cruel practices in Egypt, the Australian Government suspended all exports of cattle and sheep to this country. After
