In September of last year
it happened
4000sheep
on their way
to Qatar
to really hot temperature there
and of course in a hold
it is far
the stress level clearly enormous
the heat and the fear
it can be
terrible for them
that trauma
really it just should’t be
they came from the winter
in Oz and were shipped
into the summer and they
are anxious who wouldn’t be
its to their slaughter
on the streets probably right away
the fright in their hearts
must be awful
all 4000 must have
appeared
all packed together
despite the hot weather
it must have felt
really weird
as they Cooked in the hold of the
ship Bader 111
from Adelaide and Freemantle
they be
bound for Qatar
live exports they were
real risky cargo
and it is now no slur
but the farmers who shipped
them must have, thought a while
how would they travel
hardly in style
what would become of them
how would they fare
would they be alive
when they got there
reality proves the point
nobody cared
they didn’t have water
nobody shared
an interest a care
a thought maybe for
4000 sad souls in the hold
just ignore
forget how they died
in such awful stress
panting away
hoping for less
burning inside
as the air all but went
and Summerland beckoned
before they were spent
and who pays the price
who cared that they
perished in agony so far away
the insurance paid out
everyone got their dough
the farmers got paid
which just goes to show
nobody cares
no one at all
its all about money
thats right as a rule
the animals left town
to travel so far
across the salt sea
bound for qatar
4000 animals
carnage on a scale
unknown to mankind
so much did fail
man was unkind not a bit kind at all
dosed up on money
making a haul
compassion there was none
empathy No
Australian Farmers
your out of the flow
Animals Australia
was on the case
those unfortunate sheep
full of lifefull of grace
were left in an airless place
and roasted alive
not even one of them
dared to survive
they all died together
possibly they
helped with the passing
on that fateful day
when man un kind
proved what a shit he can be
when its money he’s making
shipped live soukls by sea