Humid conditions with minimum air flow, high temperature reaching above 40C, these are the harsh conditions innocent sheep must suffer in a voyage that will lead to their deaths.
             Good afternoon Mr. Tranter and classmates, the issue I would like to argue about today is: 'should Australia cease exporting live sheep and cattle?' My response is: Damn right they should!
             Livestock exports subject animals to unacceptable distress. The animal welfare group, Animals Australia claims 'the majority of deaths in sheep export recorded occur during the sea voyage.' The reasons for these deaths may be place directly upon the Australian livestock export industry for lack of care of the animals. Half of the deaths are by starvation. The sheep cannot adapt to the diet they are fed during the voyage. They belong in the green open fields where they can maintain their regular diet. The other half of the deaths are caused by dehydration, suffocation because of overcrowding during feeding time and untreated illnesses. The Australian livestock export industry has a duty to safely escort the sheep to other nations. They have failed to do so in many cases resulting in the deaths of sheep and the decline in the reputation of Australia.
             Sheep that do arrive in the importing countries are subjected to inhumane slaughtering methods. More than six million sheep are exported from Australia each year. About 99 per cent of these animal export go to Muslim countries where religious law states that the animals is to be killed by cutting the sheep's throat to allow them to bleed to death. Not a pleasant way to die. In other words the sheep is fully conscious for between 10 and 30 second, before losing consciousness and ultimately dying.
             Picture this as though you were a sheep about to be slaughtered. You are pulled into a restraining box where your legs are chained up. Pulled by the chain, you are thrown onto your back with your ba
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