The Al Kuwait ship docked in the city’s harbour from Brazil on Sunday to load feed for its cargo of 19,000 cows. Residents soon began complaining of a “nauseating” stench emanating from it. The NSPCA assessed the cattle on board the livestock vessel and described conditions as “abhorrent”, including an “extreme build-up of faeces and urine”. In a statement on Tuesday, the animal welfare organisation – the National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals – said the cows had been on the ship for more than two weeks with many “animals having no option but to rest in dams of their own excrement”. The NSPCA said it had discovered “diseased and injured” cattle during inspections between Sunday and Tuesday. Eight had to be euthanised due to their injuries, while others were found dead on board.
SOURCE: BBC