Millions of sheep are exported live from Australia and other countries on long voyages with high mortality and significant suffering.
Live export ships carry sheep in extreme density with inadequate ventilation, causing heat stress, respiratory disease, and trampling injuries. Sheep that fall cannot get up and are trampled to death. Salmonellosis and inanimate feed refusal cause starvation deaths. The psychological stress of the journey compounds physical suffering. Animals that survive arrival often face slaughter under welfare standards lower than those in Australia.