Australia halts cattle supply to Indonesia abattoirs

The terrible mistreatment of animals all over the world is caused by callous disregard for life, greed, and the worst in human nature. From captured wild animals kept imprisoned on small chains, to pigs kept in contained areas with no room to move whatsoever, to cutting off the fins of sharks and throwing them live back into the ocean to die slowly, to the millions of dogs and cats that live unwanted on the streets of poor countries in the worst condition, malnourished, diseased,to the huge industrial factory farms, to the slaughter of marine mammals and endangered species, to the deforestation that is bringing all kinds of species to the brink of exrtinction, to the massive dog fighting in the United states, and on and on. And all along this miserable litany of cruelty, there are so called animal welfare against cruelty type organnizations, profiting from this suffering by exploiting animals to raise money for themselves, all the while offering nothing in the way of effective programs, and much in the way of hype and self promotional nonsense. Animals have no terue defenders, or very few at best. their exploiters are many.

Why is LiveCorp Cattle Company sending live cattle hundreds of miles north....across the sea, to be slaughtered in Indonesia anyway?....most likely to avoid:

-minimum wage/labor laws
-to avoid animal cruelty laws
-to avoid paying taxes in their home country
-to avoid environmental laws

These are the only reasons I can think of....cutting corners at the expense and suffering of living things.

It's likely that these cattle are sent to Indonesia on ships...I wonder what the living conditions are on these ships for these animals?

LiveCorp would be better off just slaughtering these animals locally in Australia....under Australian law......think of what's ethical and humane, not cheap.

I do not know much about Animal welfare, but i do know that they are living thing and so should be treated with some levels of respect.

Buy meat from the United states. You can rest assured that the pork,beef, lamb,chicken, turkey,duck on your plate came from one of the large, incredibly crowded, high efficiency factory farms where animals are kept in filthy,inhumane conditions, deprived of the most basic need to move. Animal cruelty is widespread and growing, thanks in part to the numerous so called anti cruelty animal welfare organizations that have done nothing but exploit and manipulate animal cruelty to make fortunes for themselves, while doing nothing to better the welfare of animals in the states or anywhere else.

To Lyn White, Four Corners, Animals Australia and Andrew Wilkie, thankyou for having the balls to bring this important topic to our attention and to push for change in an area which so desperately needs it. And to some of the ignorant morons that post comments essentially condoning such cruelty, idiots like Bob Katter which make us ashamed to be Australian and greedy, pathetic weak little men like Cameron Hall (CEO of Livecorp), shame on you all. I can but hope that karma bites you squarely in the arse and you come back as a cow to be slaughtered at one of these barbaric abattoirs, without the humane use of any stun gun. In fact, don't be surprised if you and your loved ones end up receiving equally cruel and barbaric death threats yourself...couldn't be more deserving. I'm just angry enough to wield the blunt knife myself...

All sentient creatures have feelings and emotions, including those who are helpless because of our power over them. It's no different to sending your own much-loved pet to where there is no care for them.

Australia clearly hasn't bothered to research what they are doing, they're just looking at the dollar signs. We must not be so clouded by money. We can live on a lot less than we think.

Put an embargo on countries who even, as above, declare they don't consider animal welfare. No living creatures should be sent there, that's for sure!

Actually, live animal export should not be happening at all. It's inherently cruel.

Nicki, I agree about the US but it's not because of the animal welfare groups. The animal welfare groups have simply let us know that those conditions exist and we need to stop buying animal products that are not proven free range (ie authority-labelled), to show our distaste for such cruelty.

"Cruelty to Australian animals is simply unacceptable," LiveCorp chief executive Cameron Hall said in a statement.

Search the internet...watch the youtubes, go to an Australian wildlife protection site and read about a dude who use to be a roo shooter "A Letter from an Ex- Kangaroo Shooter". And the conclusion leads you to think that Australians should just shut their traps about animals.

Come on, mate. Indonesia is a developing countries. The cruelty is not happen all over the places. MLA, and The Feedlots company already do much to improve this conditions compare to the time before. It is not enough indeed, but they are progressing. In the sake of this, are you happy to let hundreds of thousands people effected to this industry become unemployed? Come on, mate.

R u Aussies just as kind to those people waiting to for an immigrant visa in the aussie boondocks??