Cruel stink of the ship of shame
First came the stench. Then a burning in the eyes and nose — the telltale sign of ammonia. Manure everywhere, in the feed troughs and water troughs, in a ship carrying 19,000 cattle.
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First came the stench. Then a burning in the eyes and nose — the telltale sign of ammonia. Manure everywhere, in the feed troughs and water troughs, in a ship carrying 19,000 cattle.
The National Council of SPCAs has confirmed the departure of the Al Kuwait, the livestock carrier that recently docked in Cape Town Harbour.
Transnet and the NSPCA confirmed that the Al Kuwait would leave Cape Town overnight after feed for 19,000 cattle aboard was loaded on the livestock carrier.
The scenes aboard a live cattle export ship that ignited public outrage after docking in Cape Town were "abhorrent", says the National Council of SPCAs.
Authorities have started to euthanise cattle aboard the notorious “death ship”, which docked at Cape Town Harbour and caused a huge stink this week.