On Sunday, the Al Kuwait ship arrived in the city’s harbor from Brazil, where it was unloading 19,000 cows.
Soon after, nearby residents started lamenting the “nauseating” stench coming from it.
The livestock vessel’s circumstances were deemed “abhorrent” by the NSPCA after an assessment of the cattle revealed a “extreme build-up of faeces and urine.”
The National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, an organization dedicated to animal welfare, stated in a statement on Tuesday that the cows had been on the ship for more than two weeks and that many of them “had no option but to rest in dams of their own.”
“Diseased and injured” livestock were found during inspections between Sunday and Tuesday, according to the NSPCA. Because of their injuries, eight had to be put to sleep, while the other two were discovered dead on board.
The appalling conditions in which animals are housed aboard ships
“This incident serves as a stark reminder that the live export of animals by sea is a gruesome and outdated practice that inflicts unnecessary suffering on sentient beings,” the statement continued.
