Cape Town authorities initiated an inquiry following a pervasive odor that engulfed the city, prompting investigations into sewage facilities and activation of environmental health teams.
The source was traced to a vessel in the harbor transporting 19,000 live cattle from Brazil to Iraq.
Zahid Badroodien, representing the mayor’s office, confirmed on social media that the ship was responsible for the foul smell.
However, animal welfare organizations criticized the ship’s conditions. South Africa’s National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals dispatched a veterinary consultant onboard, revealing instances of dead, diseased, and injured cattle.
Eight cows were euthanized, while the total number of deceased cattle remained undisclosed.
The council condemned the practice of live animal export by sea, citing appalling conditions aboard the ship with cattle forced to endure a buildup of urine and feces, prompting widespread condemnation of the situation, South African media reported
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