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Another Bloody Business - Four Corners. Four Corners' 2011 expose of the brutal mistreatment of Australian cattle in Indonesia shocked many and had far reaching consequences for the live export trade.

Another Bloody Business - Four Corners

Tough new regulations were introduced to protect the welfare of Australian animals shipped overseas for slaughter. But weeks ago news emerged from Pakistan of a brutal cull of 20,000 Australian sheep, ordered by the local authorities in Karachi. Sheep exporter Wellard told the Federal Government they lost control when police with semi-automatic weapons forced their employees away from the compound where the sheep were being held.

How did a major exporter lose control of a shipment of sheep in Pakistan, originally intended for Bahrain?

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Cadbury's Fair Trade Pledge Good News for Ghana. What is Fair Trade? Fair Trade Movement. Little Green Videos. History of Environmentalism. History of the Civil Rights Movement. Occupy America / #OccupyAmerica. The Animal Rights Movement - Part 1. Australian Suffragettes.

1960's Women's Liberation Movement - A PBS Documentary Trailer. Social Movement Intro.