Australia's largest live sheep exporter Emanuel Exports' licence suspended, ABC understands
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Australia's largest live sheep exporter Emanuel Exports has had its export licence suspended by the Agriculture Department, ABC News understands.
The department sent a show-cause notice to Emanuel Exports last month, and it is understood the company responded with a 30-page statement.
Pictures of dead and heat-stressed sheep aboard an Emanuel Exports shipment to the Middle East sparked public outrage earlier this year and led to a government inquiry into the export trade.
"The laws that regulate the export of livestock include strict requirements to ensure the health and welfare of animals," the Agriculture Department said in a statement.
"It is the responsibility of each exporter to ensure it meets those obligations. The department takes those responsibilities very seriously.
"It is not appropriate for the department to provide more information while the investigation is ongoing.
"Further information will be released following a full review."
More to come.
Topics: livestock, livestock-welfare, australia
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