{"id":36424,"date":"2018-04-10T11:58:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T11:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=36424"},"modified":"2018-04-10T12:08:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T12:08:29","slug":"live-exports-from-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/04\/live-exports-from-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Live exports from Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Animal welfare is key so I read<br \/>\nTo the great MIA but do they succeed<br \/>\nIn giving the public the confidence to<br \/>\nAgree that Live Exports<br \/>\nIs all the way through<\/p>\n<p>To the destination<br \/>\nWherever that be<br \/>\nIs all above board<br \/>\nBut all I can see<br \/>\nIs its anything but<br \/>\nAnd has never been so<br \/>\nThe sheep are the victims<br \/>\nAnd Sadly they know<\/p>\n<p>Dealing in death<br \/>\nIs not the pride and joy<br \/>\nOf a business<br \/>\nThat actually tries to employ<br \/>\nPrograms and initiatives<br \/>\naddressing concerns<br \/>\nWho is reponsible<br \/>\nwhen the sheep burns?<\/p>\n<p>A leader improving their well being please<br \/>\nCattle and sheep and goats<br \/>\nHave to squeeze<br \/>\nWhen investments and tools<br \/>\nand knowledge<br \/>\nI see<br \/>\nAUstralian Farmers<br \/>\nare as mean as can be<\/p>\n<p>You focus on livestock<br \/>\nOn management too<br \/>\nHandling quality<br \/>\nIts all seen through<br \/>\nOn the farm at the feedlots<br \/>\nThe framework is good<br \/>\nYou blow your own trumpets<br \/>\nAnd the system it should<\/p>\n<p>Cater it should<br \/>\nBut it doesnt at all<br \/>\nDespite all the acts<br \/>\nNo ones on the ball!<br \/>\nThere is no high level<br \/>\nOf welfare its poor<br \/>\nLive exports perverse<br \/>\nOf that I &#8216;m  now sure<\/p>\n<p>Government Dept&#8217;s<br \/>\nwho the hell are they<br \/>\nGuidelines for red meat and the animals pay<br \/>\nThe industries proud<br \/>\nAsk the animals they<br \/>\nAre suffering torture<br \/>\nAnd death on the way<\/p>\n<p>Feed they dont get any<br \/>\nWater as well<br \/>\nAll packed together in the ships<br \/>\nOf HEll<br \/>\nYour assurance programs maintain quality<br \/>\nI am sorry Australia all I can see<\/p>\n<p>When the contracts are signed<br \/>\nAnd in transit they be<br \/>\nYou are rubbing your hands<br \/>\nWith the ultimate glee<br \/>\nAnd this doesn&#8217;t help victims<br \/>\nthe horror is there<br \/>\nAs they all crush each other<br \/>\nIn the holds of despair<\/p>\n<p>Trying to breathe<br \/>\nStuck in their own mess<br \/>\nAnd you a world leader<br \/>\nYour words are less<br \/>\nAustralian standards<br \/>\nA journey of joy<br \/>\nOver hell and high water<br \/>\nAll you employ<\/p>\n<p>A journey to where<br \/>\nThe hot sands do blow<br \/>\nWhere their throats are then slit<br \/>\nAnd where none of you know<br \/>\nThe hell hole of happening<br \/>\nThe lies lie with you<br \/>\nLive exports are wicked<br \/>\nAnd corrupt what you do<\/p>\n<p>Live exports must end<br \/>\nIts my frantic desire<br \/>\nThat these animal<br \/>\nangels<br \/>\nJust have to perspire<br \/>\nIn the holds of these vessels<br \/>\nFrightened to bits<br \/>\nLook into their eyes<br \/>\nThey are out of their wits<\/p>\n<p>They know where they are going<br \/>\nAnd what is to be<br \/>\nTheir throats to be slit<br \/>\nIn the street yea maybe<br \/>\nStuffed into parked cars<br \/>\nIts the middle east way<br \/>\nAnd shipped through the heat and the dust<br \/>\nOf the day<br \/>\nPerhaps a blunt knife<br \/>\nWill saw through their throat<br \/>\nAnd they drown in the blood<br \/>\nSo Unworthy of note<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Animal welfare is key so I read To the great MIA but do they succeed In giving the public the confidence to Agree that Live Exports Is all the way through To the destination Wherever that be Is all above &hellip; 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