{"id":9281,"date":"2013-06-29T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9281"},"modified":"2013-06-29T10:49:13","modified_gmt":"2013-06-29T10:49:13","slug":"lambs-mutton-kebabs-a-journey-that-ended-in-death-live-exports-from-australia-to-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/06\/lambs-mutton-kebabs-a-journey-that-ended-in-death-live-exports-from-australia-to-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Lambs mutton kebabs a journey that ended in death ( Live exports from Australia to the Middle East)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone from Kebabs?<br \/>\nyou see them every day<br \/>\nglistening with fat and grease<br \/>\nthe agony they say<br \/>\ncan be felt, consuming but<br \/>\nlet me elucidate<br \/>\nI was a lamb in Australia<br \/>\nwhich was good and sometimes great<\/p>\n<p>the sky was often blue<br \/>\nthe sun was often hot<br \/>\nI had a lot of grass to eat<br \/>\nand some wild stuff too, I got<br \/>\nso life was pretty happy<br \/>\nuntil one day we saw<br \/>\nthis massive 16 wheeler<br \/>\nparked out by the door<\/p>\n<p>this was a vile expression<br \/>\npromising true hell<br \/>\nand sure enough the lot of us<br \/>\nwe knew only too well<br \/>\na journey was beginning<br \/>\nFreemantle probably<br \/>\nthrough the bush to Frio<br \/>\nto the black swans and the sea<\/p>\n<p>where would we be heading<br \/>\nthe Arab States may be<br \/>\na chance to taste the ocean<br \/>\nand the pyramids for free<br \/>\nthe truck was full to brimming<br \/>\nhundreds of us went<br \/>\nwe hadn&#8217;t any water<br \/>\nso we were being sent<\/p>\n<p>abroad it seemed<br \/>\nwhich was ominous<br \/>\nno water and no food<br \/>\ncrushed together, moving<br \/>\nthe whole thing just felt crude<br \/>\nthe truck did stop a few times<br \/>\nbut we were kept inside<br \/>\na blazing sun created an oven<br \/>\nthey denied<\/p>\n<p>us any liquid, sadly<br \/>\nand we felt faint as hell<br \/>\nthey certainly dealt us one sad hand<br \/>\nand we began to smell<br \/>\nwe got to Frio early<br \/>\nit was cooler than before<br \/>\nbut we were feeling as sick as dogs<br \/>\nwhich I&#8217;d never felt before<\/p>\n<p>I mean we all could hardly walk<br \/>\ndown into the hold<br \/>\nand it was stiflingly hot down there<br \/>\nand it smelled like something old<br \/>\nmusty dusty foreign unlike anything before<br \/>\nthey crammed us in there really tight<br \/>\nthere was dried blood on the floor<\/p>\n<p>so many of us in there we just couldnt lay<br \/>\nso where ever we were going we&#8217;d be standing<br \/>\nall the way<br \/>\nthe crossing it was awful we got bruised and thrown about<br \/>\nwe all felt sick<br \/>\nour bowels were loose<br \/>\nthe fear factor no doubt<\/p>\n<p>we were forced to lick some fluid from the floor<br \/>\nwe had to, we<br \/>\nwould otherwise have perished<br \/>\non that journey on the sea<br \/>\narriving at our port of call<br \/>\nmen in white blankets stood<br \/>\naround, all chatting on the docks<br \/>\nsome wore a white hood<\/p>\n<p>they were not like Australians<br \/>\nwhat were they going to do<br \/>\nas we were walked off of the ship<br \/>\nthey grabbed us<br \/>\nyes a new<br \/>\nexperience of course it was<br \/>\nbut fearful just the same<br \/>\nI was grabbed and manhandled<br \/>\nand my heart it did inflame<\/p>\n<p>I was tossed into a car boot<br \/>\nfull of tools and gear<br \/>\nI could hardly fit inside<br \/>\nwhich truly raised the fear<br \/>\nthen I was locked inside this hole<br \/>\nthe boot was rammed down tight<br \/>\nand the car sped off down dusty roads<br \/>\nand I was still with fright<\/p>\n<p>eventually we stopped and the boot<br \/>\nwas opened and<br \/>\nsunlight filled my waking eyes<br \/>\nand I soon could understand<br \/>\na sharp knife I just saw it<br \/>\nas they slashed me to my root<br \/>\nin front of giggling children<br \/>\non the pavement yes this brute<br \/>\nI was lifted up and killed<br \/>\nthough I never saw the pyramids<br \/>\njust my blood, that was spilled<\/p>\n<p>well I would be a kebab<br \/>\non that spit I&#8217;d end<br \/>\nall the fat and grease<br \/>\nand fly blown maggots<br \/>\nthey would send<br \/>\na message to the human un kind<br \/>\nwho came by to choose<br \/>\nsome pita bread and slices<br \/>\nthat few men could refuse<br \/>\n &#8216;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone from Kebabs? 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