1Live Transport of Sheep: Animal Welfare Implications

Events aboard the MV Cormo Express in 2003 resulted in public outrage over the unacceptable treatment of live sheep bound for the Middle East. Rejected from Saudia Arabia, the MV Cormo Express, with its cargo of 57,937 live sheep, was stranded at sea for almost three months in search for a new customer (Wright & Muzzatti, 2007). In the view of many animal welfar