Renewed calls to end live animal exports as 15,100 sheep drown at sea

Campaigners have renewed calls to end live exports after 15,100 sheep drowned in the Red Sea.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Renewed calls to end live animal exports as 15,100 sheep drown at sea

Campaigners have renewed calls to end live exports after 15,100 sheep drowned in the Red Sea. The incident took place on June 11 where the Al Badri One, a livestock vessel carrying the sheep from Sudan...

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