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Sheep may be slaughtered on island
8 Oct 2003
The Federal Government has confirmed that MV Cormo Express's boatload of 52,000 sheep may be offloaded and slaughtered on the Cocos Islands or Christmas Island. The lack of docking facilities on both islands may, however, thwart this plan, and the Government is also considering selling the sheep to Afghanistan if diplomatic issues can be overcome.
If no solution is found within the next 48 hours, the sheep are likely to return to Australia. The ship is due to leave Kuwait today after reprovisioning.
The company which owns the MV Cormo Express, Vroon, has confirmed that 5,203 of the sheep have already died.
Sydney Morning Herald, 8/10/03.
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