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Live export: From shipwreck survivors — to some serious progress worldwide

Keep scrolling for the latest updates in our work to free animals from the horror of live export, in Australia and beyond.

The long hard road to ending live export and why we are determined to do it

We know that this campaign can sometimes feel like two steps forward, one step back -- but we're in this for the long haul, and we remain firmly committed to ending this trade for good, for the animals.

Live export laws: the responsibilities of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture

The Secretary of the Federal Department of Agriculture is responsible for ensuring that the health and welfare needs of animals will be met and maintained throughout the live export voyage, and that regulations will be adhered to. Unless the Secretary…

Live export vet: Animals were ‘cooking from the inside’.

Whistle-blowing live export vet, Dr Lynn Simpson, pulls no punches in a brutally honest series of exposés that are catching attention worldwide — detailing the daily reality of 'life' on-board live export ships.

Animals aren’t the only victims of live export

Live animal export is dangerous for people and devastating for the environment.

Two live export ships have capsized at sea in the past year, destroying animal and human lives

A live export ship carrying 5,867 dairy cows from New Zealand has capsized in the East China sea. Tragically, all of the animals and 41 crew members are presumed to have drowned.

Horrific cruelty in Vietnam again shows live export industry can’t be trusted

The government knew that animals were being sledgehammered in Vietnam. Yet they continued to allow Australian cattle to be exported there...

People power stops new live export business in its tracks

A plan to begin exporting live animals from Namibia to Kuwait has been quashed thanks to a united, global effort drawing attention to the suffering caused by the trade.