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West Australian Police acting on behalf of the West Australian Government and the office of the WA State Solicitor laid animal cruelty charges against a leading WA livestock export company 'Emanuel Exports Pty Ltd' and its two directors for breaching the
Animal Welfare Act 2002 (WA) with respect to a shipment of 103,000 sheep onboard the Al Kuwait in 2003.

The offences allege that the exporter breached section:

• 19 (1) a person must not be cruel to an animal
  
• 19 (3) (a) transporting an animal in a way that is likely to cause it harm
  
• 19 (3) (b) confining an animal in a way that is likely to cause it unnecessary harm
  
• 19 (3) (d) not providing proper food
  

  A trial date has been set for 5th - 14th February 2007

PACAT extends a big thank you to Lyn White and colleagues at Animals Australia for their investigations into animal cruelty in the Middle East.

For more information on the Middle East investigations, visit the Animals Australia website at www.animalsaustralia.org

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