End Live Export Petition Handover

On Thursday, 24 October, it will have been 16 years since the live export exposé that shocked the world. The Cormo Express disaster brought live export into the headlines. The ship was rejected by Saudi Arabia and continued to sail around trying to find a place to unload the 58,000 sheep. After 80 gruelling days, a mechanical breakdown and a fire onboard, the sheep were unloaded on 24 October 2002 - nearly 6,000 animals had died.