Cruel stink of the ship of shame

Sick, dead and dying animals were among 19,000 on way to Iraq

25 February 2024 - 00:00

First came the stench. Then a burning in the eyes and nose — the telltale sign of ammonia. Manure everywhere, in the feed troughs and water troughs, in a ship carrying 19,000 cattle...

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