Court rules 50,000 sheep may be sent from Australia to Middle East despite live export ban

Animal rights group had filed urgent application to overturn exemption granted by Western Australia agriculture department

Fifty thousand sheep will be sent from Australia to the Middle East despite the northern summer live export ban, after a federal court challenge failed.

Animals Australia had filed an urgent application to overturn the Department of Agriculture’s approval, but on Tuesday Justice Susan Kenny ruled the case should be dismissed.

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