On a farm two-and-a-half-hours south of Perth, Scott Ewen is preparing thousands of sheep to be sent to the Middle East. It's a business that he and his family have relied upon for generations ...

The Australian government says it will investigate how thousands of sheep died on a live export ... from Perth to three nations in the Middle East in August, according to the government.

Australia exports hundreds of thousands of sheep and cattle to the Middle East every year A ship carrying 16,000 sheep and cattle that had been stranded off the coast of Australia in extreme heat ...