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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Advocates call for action on stranded live export ship | History Defined

The RSPCA has urged authorities to remove all livestock from the MV Bahijah to protect them. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

A stranded live export ship that has had thousands of sheep and cattle on board for a month will not be allowed to return to the Middle East with the animals.

About 16,500 livestock have been packed aboard the MV Bahijah since January 5, when it sailed for the Middle East from Perth's Fremantle before being ordered to abandon its voyage due to Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea.

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