Er varen zo ongeveer 150 van deze schepen met dit gebruik, constant op de wereld zeeën.
De Zuid-Afrikaanse dierenbescherming NSPCA spreekt schande van de situatie op een
transportschip met aan boord 19.000 koeien dat aanmeerde in de haven van Kaapstad. Bewoners klaagden over een enorme stankoverlast die bij nader onderzoek van het schip afkomstig blijkt. De duizenden koeien moeten zien te overleven in hun eigen uitwerpselen. De transporteur wilde inspecteurs van de dierenbescherming aanvankelijk niet toelaten maar gaf toe nadat een dwangbevel werd geproduceerd. Volgens de NSPCA werkt het bedrijf de inspectie tegen. Vijf koeien zijn al wegens ondragelijk lijden geëuthanaseerd.
Ook de Zuid-Afrikaanse politieke partij Democratische Alliantie, de regerende partij in Kaapstad, veroordeelde het transport van levend vee. ‘Levende export, zoals blijkt uit deze situatie, stelt dieren bloot aan gevaarlijke omstandigheden zoals gevaarlijke niveaus van ammoniak, ruwe zee, extreme hittestress, verwondingen, vuile omgevingen, uitputting en zelfs de dood’, aldus de partij in een verklaring.
De 190 meter lange Al Kuwait, het grootste veetransportschip ter wereld, is onderweg van Brazilië naar Koeweit. Er is al langer kritiek op het transporteren van levend vee over zee. Onlangs ontstonden er grote problemen aan boord van een schip met tienduizenden schapen dat van Australië op weg was naar Israël maar rechtsomkeert maakte vanwege de aanvallen van Houthi’s op koopvaardijschepen voor de kust van Jemen. Er zijn naar schatting 125 veetransportschepen in de vaart. De Al Kuwait uit 2016 is een van de nieuwste, veel van de andere schepen zijn sterk verouderd. https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/kritiek-op-inhumaan-transport-van-19000-koeien-enorme-stank-in-kaapstad
Cape Town smell blamed on cattle ship docked in South African city
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A “nauseating” stench engulfing the South African city of Cape Town comes from a ship docked in the port carrying 19,000 cows, local officials say.
“It was the worst stench I have ever come across in my life,” Lerato Bashing, a 29-year-old Cape Town resident, told the BBC.
The smell has been traced to the Al Kuwait ship which has been anchored in Cape Town since Sunday evening.
The City of Cape Town said on X the issue of the smell was being handled.
The city’s official in charge of water and sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, said the ship was due to leave on Monday night.
The Al Kuwait is heading to Iraq from Brazil. It stopped in Cape Town to get feed for the cattle, according to anti-animal cruelty organisation, NSPCA.
Its agents boarded the ship to assess the condition of the ship and said in a statement: “This smell is indicative of the awful conditions the animals endure, having already spent 2½ weeks on board, with a build-up of faeces and ammonia.”
“It ruined my day because even when I was indoors, every time the lift opened, the smell spilled over into the office and it stuck in the back of my throat like a bad aftertaste,” Ms Bashing said.
Another resident, who works near the harbour, told the BBC the smell was “overwhelming” and they were forced to close their car windows, despite it being a hot day.
“It smelled as bad as one you’d imagine and I was put off of breathing,” they said.
However, residents say the stink has not reached the other side of Table Mountain or the southern suburbs.
While residents in the port city were greatly affected, many wondered how the crew were faring as they had spent about two weeks with the cattle.
“I feel sorry for the workers on that carrier who have to be around that every day and for the animals,” Ms Bashing said.
The NSPCA took the moment to reiterate “its firm stance against the live export of animals by sea”.
The group launched a campaign in 2019 to stop the the practice.
The NSPCA says this method of trade causes “pain, suffering and distress to many animals”.
Additional reporting by Flora Drury
Ship with 19,000 Cattle Causes Stink in South Africa’s Cape Town | Vantage with Palki Sharma
Ship with 19,000 Cattle Causes Stink in South Africa’s Cape Town | Vantage with Palki Sharma
A ship carrying 19,000 cattle from Brazil to Iraq caused a stink in the South African city of Cape Town. The smell from the ship blanketed Cape Town. The cattle were stewing in more than two weeks worth of faeces and ammonia. The ordeal sheds a light on the global Livestock transport industry. Is there no way to transport animals without subjecting them to cruelty? Palki Sharma reports.
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