Rescuers race to save 14k sheep on capsized cargo ship
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#2An elderly German man told me a story. He was some kind of trade representative in Yemen, based in the Port city of Aden. New Zealand (I think) and Yemen had recently concluded a trade deal for live sheep. The first shipment was to be met with some minor fanfare and a horde of diplomats, trade delegates, minor politicians etc were massed at the docks watching the ship come in.
He says that at a certain point there were a huge flock of sheep on the deck of the vessel and that they suddenly seemed to panic and started leaping into the water. As they did so, sharks in the water started attacking them. Everyone on the docks simply watched as the sheep kept flowing into a blood red sea.
I wish I remembered the details more precisely, because the story certainly requires bolstering with credible detail. He was a well respected person from what I could make out, so I believed him - at the time anyway.
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#3Live shipping should be banned.
Re: Rescuers race to save 14k sheep on capsized cargo ship
#4An elderly German man told me a story. He was some kind of trade representative in Yemen, based in the Port city of Aden. New Zealand (I think) and Yemen had recently concluded a trade deal for live sheep. The first shipment was to be met with some minor fanfare and a horde of diplomats, trade delegates, minor politicians etc were massed at the docks watching the ship come in. He says that at a certain point there we…
Maybe he was refering to Panurge's sheeps .. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panurge)
Re: Rescuers race to save 14k sheep on capsized cargo ship
#5Live shipping should be banned.
Why?
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#6Live shipping should be banned.
How is shipping different than truck or train.
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#7Modern day slave ships. I’m sure the sheep are insured and it’s more profitable to leave them to drown.
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#8Without knowing the in's and out's of supply and demand this really raises the question as to why 14,000 sheep needed to be transported. Our reliance on global markets for our produce is out of hand (probably preaching to the converted here).
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#9"It is not yet known what caused the ship, which was bound for Saudi Arabia, to capsize"
The romanian newspapers initially reported that the sheep were simply not loaded on both sides of the ship.
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#10"It is not yet known what caused the ship, which was bound for Saudi Arabia, to capsize" The romanian newspapers initially reported that the sheep were simply not loaded on both sides of the ship.
Sheeping is hard