Stinky Situation: Livestock Carrier Spends 72 Hrs. Adrift with 42,000 Sheep, Cows
Australia’s largest livestock exporter, Wellard Rural Exports, said Thursday that their flagship carrier, the MV Ocean Drover, broke down in the Indian Ocean
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