Federal election 2016: Respected vet says dead, injured, faeces-coated cattle 'business as usual' on live export ships

By Nicole Hasham
Updated July 29 2016 - 7:20pm, first published June 22 2016 - 10:36pm
Senior vet Dr Lynn Simpson has blown the whistle on the shocking conditions on cattle export ships. Photo: Tamara Voninski
Senior vet Dr Lynn Simpson has blown the whistle on the shocking conditions on cattle export ships. Photo: Tamara Voninski
Vet Dr Lynn Simpson was expelled from her government role after exposing cattle's suffering. Photo: ABC/7.30
Vet Dr Lynn Simpson was expelled from her government role after exposing cattle's suffering. Photo: ABC/7.30
Footage on 7.30 showed floors centimetres-thick with excrement. Photo: ABC/7.30
Footage on 7.30 showed floors centimetres-thick with excrement. Photo: ABC/7.30
"I expect to see animals drenched in faecal matter," Dr Lynn Simpson told the ABC. Photo: ABC/7.30
"I expect to see animals drenched in faecal matter," Dr Lynn Simpson told the ABC. Photo: ABC/7.30
Shocking footage taken by Dr Simpson of the suffering in the live cattle export trade. Photo: ABC/7.30
Shocking footage taken by Dr Simpson of the suffering in the live cattle export trade. Photo: ABC/7.30
"There's pain, there's suffering, it's inexcusable and it's confronting," Dr Simpson said. Photo: ABC/7.30
"There's pain, there's suffering, it's inexcusable and it's confronting," Dr Simpson said. Photo: ABC/7.30
"It's just business as usual on these ships."  Photo: ABC/7.30
"It's just business as usual on these ships." Photo: ABC/7.30

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