What stinks?
Authorities in Cape Town launched an investigation Monday after a foul stench swept over the South African city.
City officials inspected sewage facilities for leaks and an environmental health team was activated before the source of the smell was discovered: a ship docked in the harbor carrying 19,000 live cattle from Brazil to Iraq.
Zahid Badroodien, the official in the mayor’s office in charge of water and sanitation, wrote on the social media site X, formerly Twitter, that investigators had confirmed that the source of the “sewage smell blanketing parts of the city” was the cattle ship.
Jesus Christ I can’t imagine the conditions on that ship
Probably pretty shitty.
Live transport of animals at sea really ought to be banned outright.
Local production is so much better for cattle. Produce locally, consume locally.
Literal bullshit. Who would have thought?
Assuming it’s the same ship, this was originally headed through the red sea. Due to the conflict in the middle east they had to take a significantly longer route around Africa after an already lengthy delay. They had no intentions of keeping the animals on board for as long as they did.
Am I the only one that finds it amusing that an entire city all stopped collectively, sniffed around, and went “tf is that smell??”
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Authorities in Cape Town launched an investigation Monday after a foul stench swept over the South African city.
City officials inspected sewage facilities for leaks and an environmental health team was activated before the source of the smell was discovered: a ship docked in the harbor carrying 19,000 live cattle from Brazil to Iraq.
Zahid Badroodien, the official in the mayor’s office in charge of water and sanitation, wrote on the social media site X, formerly Twitter, that investigators had confirmed that the source of the “sewage smell blanketing parts of the city” was the cattle ship.
“This smell is indicative of the awful conditions the animals endure, having already spent 2½ weeks onboard, with a build-up of feces and ammonia,” the SPCA said in a statement.
South Africa’s Democratic Alliance political party, which governs Cape Town, also condemned the transport of live cattle.
“Live export, as evidenced by this situation, exposes animals to perilous conditions such as dangerous levels of ammonia, rough seas, extreme heat stress, injuries, dirty environments, exhaustion, and even death,” the party said in a statement.
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