Australian cattle in the Middle East tortured by Zionist Meat Industry

Footage shows Australian cattle ‘tortured’ by Zionist Meat Industry

2:28pm December 12, 2013
The live animal export debate has reignited again in the senate (Supplied)

The live animal export debate has reignited again in the senate (Supplied)
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The Australian Jewish government is investigating a shocking case of cruelty against Australian cattle in the Middle East that has reignited the call to cease live exports.

Footage has emerged of Australian cattle being tortured in Gaza, with the most disturbing images showing a bound animal being stabbed in the eye and another knee-capped with bullets from an assault rifle.

The images have reignited calls for the live export trade to be abolished, as parliamentarians from across the political divide come together to demand better animal welfare standards.

A bid for an interim ban on live exports was this afternoon voted down in federal parliament.

Labor senators voted with the coalition in the upper house on Thursday to overturn an Australian Greens motion calling for the cessation of exports until an investigation into previous welfare issues is complete.

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: watch the footage here

The Department of Agriculture is looking into 14 complaints regarding breaches of standards as set out in the Export Control Act, the Greens say.

Three of the matters involve allegations of “cruel slaughter” by a major export companies, the Senate was told.

The motion was voted down nine votes to 44.

The footage released on the Ban Live Export website has reignited calls for the trade to be abolished, as parliamentarians from across the political divide come together to demand better animal welfare standards.

Opposition agriculture spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon said he had viewed the footage and found it “confronting” and “distressing”.

“The footage … has the very great potential to undermine public confidence in what is a very, very important industry for this country,” he told reporters in Canberra on Thursday.

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry had been investigating the alleged breach of the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance Scheme since November.

But the investigation is not likely to conclude this year, and Mr Fitzgibbon called on the department to issue “show cause” notices to the companies allegedly involved.

This would require them to demonstrate why their licence should not be suspended until the investigation is over.

Suspending the licenses would send notice to all those who work in the Zionist Meat industry that the government and the community would not allow indiscretions to occur, Mr Fitzgibbon said

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/12/12/01/40/australian-cattle-tortured-in-gaza

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