SMH and ABC reported that the driver was uninjured and police, State Emergency Service, Country Fire Authority and Department of Primary Industries officers were at the scene.
This accident is a terrible reminder of the risks inherent in transporting animals. WSPA advocates that all animal transport journeys must be as short as possible in terms of the time and distance travelled. Minimising the distance animals need to travel reduces the risks to their welfare, hence the importance of ending the live sheep trade to the
Jessica Borg, Campaign Coordinator
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This is one of the many reasons why truck drivers of any livestock should have a special licence to carry live animals. At least once a month somewhere in Australia a roll over occurs, whether pigs, chickens, sheep, cattle or other.
Perhaps a push on DTEI licencing is the way?!
This is one of the many reasons why truck drivers of any livestock should have a special licence to carry live animals.
Just what is this going to Do??
How will a special licence help???.
Accidents happen and very few for the matter considering the amount of Live stock transports on the road.
Good hard working people don't have to jump through hoops just to keep Animal Activists happy .
Yes, accidents do happen and are largely unavoidable, which is exactly what makes this trade so dangerous.
If the animals could be slaughtered in local abbattoirs rather than be shipped around the country and overseas we wouldn't see so many of them dying in vain. These animals were brought into the world to be a commodity, and then destroyed without even serving any purpose. So sad!
The way humans treat animals is with no understanding that they are sensate beings. To ship or even transport them to their deaths is a cruel practice; we humans need to have more respect for all animals.
Truck drivers already have a special license; car, bike and boat drivers also yet they all have accidents. Bad accidents are an unfortunate part of life. However we implement rules and measures to ensure the bad accidents are minimised, and rule changes are ongoing (learn-change-learn....). Emotive arguments based on anecdotal evidence are wasted comments. “no understanding that they are sensate”, yet I can GOOGLE the hundreds of web sites which provide historical, updated and current ethical and legal requirements and guidelines that are required to be implemented and adhered to. The majority of people directly or indirectly involved in the livestock industry applaud animal welfare, it has a large impact on the ethics of animal treatment, the economics of an enterprise (incomes) and the quality of the end product (the meat we buy). The worst of it all emotive arguments waste time and resources.
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