Tas: Protesters arrested at anti-live sheep export demo

AAP General News (Australia)
02-11-2006
Tas: Protesters arrested at anti-live sheep export demo

Protesters have been arrested during a clash with police .. at an anti-live sheep export
demonstration in north-west Tasmania.

Protesters have broken police lines and chained themselves to the gangway of the Al
Messilah .. a livestock transport ship .. in a bid to stop 50-thousand sheep being loaded
and shipped to the Middle East.

Forty protesters have lain down in front of trucks .. blocking access to the docks.





Earlier .. activists in kayaks and dinghies attempted to stop the Al Messilah from
entering the channel in Devonport.

Police broke up the water blockade then escorted the ship into harbour.

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KEYWORD: SHEEP PROTEST (MELBOURNE)

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