SOME 80 sheep have died on an air freight consignment from Australia to Indonesia, a body representing Australia's livestock export sector has confirmed, reports Dublin's Agriland.
The Australian Livestock Exporters' Council (ALEC) stated that it was 'a small air freight consignment of breeder sheep' to Jakarta that 'experienced a mortality event of approximately 80 sheep'.
Australian legislation to end the export of live sheep by sea by 2028 has passed both houses and is now law.
This was immediately reported to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry as the industry regulator.
ALEC will work with the regulator as investigations into the incident progress, the council stated.
It will also work alongside LiveAir, the exporter and the air freight operator in the investigations, ALEC stated.
'Given the investigation is ongoing we will provide further information as it is confirmed,' it added.
LiveAir stated that Australia's live export by air freight industry transports livestock to over 35 different destinations. With 250-300 individual consignments/year, there are just over 74,000 head shipped annually.
This 74,000 head includes goats, sheep, cattle (dairy and beef), buffalo, camels, alpacas, llama and deer across the globe, each year.
LiveAir has said livestock are contained within crates and can be transported in the lower bellyhold of passenger flights or on freighter aircrafts.
LiveAir stated: 'Each animal is transported in a specifically designed crate for the animal type. Allowing room for the animal to move freely, good ventilation and specifically designed flooring to keep the crates and aircraft clean from livestock excreta.'
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The Australian Livestock Exporters' Council (ALEC) stated that it was 'a small air freight consignment of breeder sheep' to Jakarta that 'experienced a mortality event of approximately 80 sheep'.
Australian legislation to end the export of live sheep by sea by 2028 has passed both houses and is now law.
This was immediately reported to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry as the industry regulator.
ALEC will work with the regulator as investigations into the incident progress, the council stated.
It will also work alongside LiveAir, the exporter and the air freight operator in the investigations, ALEC stated.
'Given the investigation is ongoing we will provide further information as it is confirmed,' it added.
LiveAir stated that Australia's live export by air freight industry transports livestock to over 35 different destinations. With 250-300 individual consignments/year, there are just over 74,000 head shipped annually.
This 74,000 head includes goats, sheep, cattle (dairy and beef), buffalo, camels, alpacas, llama and deer across the globe, each year.
LiveAir has said livestock are contained within crates and can be transported in the lower bellyhold of passenger flights or on freighter aircrafts.
LiveAir stated: 'Each animal is transported in a specifically designed crate for the animal type. Allowing room for the animal to move freely, good ventilation and specifically designed flooring to keep the crates and aircraft clean from livestock excreta.'
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