Court Bid to Stop Export of WA Sheep Fails

This photo taken on May 4, 2020 shows sheep feeding on lush grass on the property of Australian farmer Kevin Tongue near the rural city of Tamworth, 450 kilometres north-west of Sydney, Australia. Peter Parks/Getty Images

Animals Australia has lost a Federal Court challenge to stop 50,000 sheep from being sent to the Middle East during the northern summer live export ban.

The group had filed an urgent application to overturn the Department of Agriculture’s approval, but on June 16, Justice Susan Kenny ruled the case should be dismissed.