Live exports controlled by 'small band of multinational companies', say Bidda Jones and Julian Davies

By Damien Murphy
Updated September 27 2016 - 11:14am, first published August 20 2016 - 12:15am
Bidda Jones, RSPCA Australia's chief scientist and her partner, novelist Julian Davis: "The export industry is in the hands of a small band of multinational companies". Photo: Christopher Pearce
Bidda Jones, RSPCA Australia's chief scientist and her partner, novelist Julian Davis: "The export industry is in the hands of a small band of multinational companies". Photo: Christopher Pearce
Cattle bound for live export on Tipperary station, Northern Territory. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Cattle bound for live export on Tipperary station, Northern Territory. Photo: Glenn Campbell
In March 2011 Animals Australia investigator Lyn White visited 11 abattoirs in Indonesia to assess the live export trade. Image shows distressed, roped Australian steer vocalising prior to slaughter on MLA installed equipment. Photo: Animals Australia.
In March 2011 Animals Australia investigator Lyn White visited 11 abattoirs in Indonesia to assess the live export trade. Image shows distressed, roped Australian steer vocalising prior to slaughter on MLA installed equipment. Photo: Animals Australia.

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