| About 3,000 Australian cattle are stranded on a vessel at a Jordanian port as a dispute continues between importers over an Israeli feedlot space. The cattle have been on board the MV Maysora for three weeks. Animal rights group Animals Australia says it has been told by lawyers for the importer that if the animals are unloaded onto Jordanian soil, they will not be accepted in Israel. They say the importers are seeking to resolve the matter in court. Livecorp spokesman Kevin Shiell says the welfare of the cattle is not being threatened. "Over 5,500 have already been offloaded from the vessel," he said. "The remaining ones on the ship have access to feed and water and obviously they've been spread around and there's plenty of room whilst the arrangement for their discharge is being sorted out." |