Stranded live export ship to offload some of 16,500 animals in WA before resuming journey to Middle East

Serious animal welfare concerns over exporter's plan to resume journey, MP says, with animals set to spend 60 days on a stinking hot ship'

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A stranded live export ship carrying about 16,500 animals will be partially offloaded in Western Australia before resuming its journey to export the livestock.

About 16,500 animals are packed into the MV Bahijah - as the state endures heatwave conditions - which was ordered by the federal government to abandon its voyage to the Middle East due to Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea.

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