A SHIP carrying 15,000 sheep has capsized in the Black Sea off Constanta, prompting efforts to save the animals after the 20-man crew from Syria and Lebanon were rescued, reports the New York Times.
It was not clear what caused the 39-year-old livestock carrier, the 2,113-dwt Queen Hind, to capesize on its way to Saudi Arabia where the sheep were to be slaughtered.
Ana-Maria Stoica, a spokeswoman for the rescuers, told Agence France-Presse that 32 sheep had been rescued, including two that were in the water.
Romania exports 70,000 sheep a year to North Africa and the Persian Gulf, according to an August resolution from the European Parliament calling for Romania to improve treatment of the animals.
WORLD SHIPPING
It was not clear what caused the 39-year-old livestock carrier, the 2,113-dwt Queen Hind, to capesize on its way to Saudi Arabia where the sheep were to be slaughtered.
Ana-Maria Stoica, a spokeswoman for the rescuers, told Agence France-Presse that 32 sheep had been rescued, including two that were in the water.
Romania exports 70,000 sheep a year to North Africa and the Persian Gulf, according to an August resolution from the European Parliament calling for Romania to improve treatment of the animals.
WORLD SHIPPING
