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Al Messilah sheep won't suffer unduly due to virus — Agri EC

Agri Eastern Cape said it was confident sheep on the Al Messilah stock carrier vessel that fell ill with the orf virus while on their way to the Middle East from East London would not suffer unduly.

East-london , Eastern-cape , South-africa , Al-messilah , Brent-mcnamara , Guy-riogers , Middle-east , Comment-policy , Sheep , Orf , Agri-ec

Government downplays concerns over infectious disease after sheep loaded onto livestock carrier

The Eastern Cape government has downplayed fears that thousands of sheep loaded onto the livestock carrier Al Messilah, destined for Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for slaughter, may be carrying an infectious disease after cases of ecthyma were detected at a feedlot where they were kept. This comes after the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) raised the alarm over the infectious disease.

Kuwait , Saudi-arabia , Al-messilah , Eastern-cape , Comment-policy , Feedlot , Sheep , Nspca , Vusumzi-rhozani , Jacques-peacock , National-council-of-spcas

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.

South-africa , World-war , Sunday-times , Nspca , Marcelle-meredith , Al-kuwait , Cape-town , Bryce-marock , Hussam-sarhan , St-news-2502-cattle-ship , Cruel

'Abhorrent' scenes aboard live cattle export ship as it heads to Iraq

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.

South-africa , Bryce-marock , Ship , Cattle , Scenes , Vessel , Iraq , Abhorrent , Nspca , Cape-town , Spcas

WATCH: Boksburg's white 'house tigers' finally released into a sanctuary

Two white Bengal tigers, which were housed in a Boksburg suburb without a speck of grass or tree in sight, were relocated to an NSPCA-accredited wildlife facility in the Free State on Tuesday.

South-africa , Gauteng , Boksburg , Peter-caldwell , Gauteng-department , National-council , Tigers , Nspca , Bengal-tigers , National-council-of-spcas , Bengal , Free-state

What will happen next with the cattle ship in Cape Town? Experts explain

According to Jacaranda FM journalists: "The City of Cape Town confirmed that the unpleasant odour permeating the air is attributed to the arrival of the cattle ship, Al Kuwait, on Sunday evening."

South-africa , Jacaranda , Limpopo , Kuwait , Al-kuwait , South-africans , Jacques-peacock , World-farmer-organization , Cape-town , Theo-de-jager , World-farmer , Cape-town-cattle

Animal activists appalled by private school's 'shoot a lion' fundraiser

Voice4Lions believes it is irresponsible for a school to fundraise in a way that teaches children to kill wildlife to raise money.

Jan-kempdorp , North-west , South-africa , Van-wyk , Futurum-akademie , Smaragda-louw , Dirk-van-wyk , Sarah-dyer , National-council , Northern-cape , Linda-park , Ban-animal-trading

NSPCA probes foul smell from cattle ship in Cape Town Harbour

The National Council of SPCAs is investigating a foul smell coming from a ship docked at Cape Town Harbour.

Kuwait , Cape-town , Western-cape , South-africa , Iraq , Brazil , Al-kuwait , Zahid-badroodien , Jacques-peacock , National-council , High-court , Good-hope