Live sheep trade resumes from WA to the Middle East as ban lifted

Vernon Graham
Updated September 23 2019 - 4:23pm, first published 11:30am
BOUND FOR KUWAIT: The Al Messilah is taking the first shipment of live sheep from Western Australia to the Middle East since the trade was temporarily banned last June to avoid losses from heat stress.
BOUND FOR KUWAIT: The Al Messilah is taking the first shipment of live sheep from Western Australia to the Middle East since the trade was temporarily banned last June to avoid losses from heat stress.

Western Australian sheep producers have welcomed the resumption of the live sheep trade after a temporary four-month ban during the northern hemisphere summer.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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