Shocking footage reveals: FOUR PAWS investigation show that 5,200 sheep died on the vessel after eight days without food and water. Long-distance transports of farm animals – either by truck, boat, or aircraft – was not common practice in the past. It exploded due to the demand of various markets for cheap fresh meat.

FOUR PAWS calls for an end to long-distance transport and for European producers to offer consumers the choice to buy meat from animals born, reared and slaughtered in the same country.


Thousands of sheep die on journey from Europe to Near-East. According to Jordanian authorities about 5.200 sheep died on the vessel after eight days without food and water. FOUR PAWS investigations shows that some sheep were ill or dead and missing ear rings while they were still on land in the trucks at the gate of the harbour.

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