Animals’ fate worse than death
By COURTNEY KEOGH
Imagine being dragged by your legs into a small room and your throat being cut over a drain while someone looks down on you and waits for you to bleed to death. Or imagine your eyes being gouged out and all your tendons slashed so you slump on the ground unable to move. Disturbingly, this is the way many Australian sheep, cattle and goats die to Australia’s live stock trade.
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