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But on Monday, Fairfax Media revealed that Mr. Daws had asked the department for permission to ship the sheep using one of his other two licenses. export related to an badociated company called EMS Rural Exports.
Sources indicated that the permit was likely to be granted, and on Wednesday evening, the RSCPA declared that it understood that the sheep were to be loaded on the Al Shuwaikh, a Kuwaiti flag, in Fremantle , imminently. The RSPCA said the sheep would sail on a three-decade-old ship in the Middle East oven, where temperatures were 47 degrees this week.
Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said that he had no power of intervention But, just after midnight, the Ministry of Agriculture issued a statement saying that he had suspended the live export license of a second company, pending a full review.
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The statement did not identify the company but referred to "sheep that were to be exported".
"The sheep were inspected by the veterinarians of the department, they are in good health and"
"The arrangements concerning these animals remain the responsibility of the exporter."
The suspension follows a day of intense political and public pressure to stop the exporter and sheep from going forward.
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