The boat came from Brazil and stopped at Cape Town. Upon boarding, the authorities discovered cows living in their excrement, among the dead or sick animals.
The Al Kuwait boat left for Iraq where the cows will undergo a ritual slaughter, hence the need to transport them alive... or almost. Animal protection associations and veterinarians spent three days on this boat from hell. To treat cows or to euthanize them. However, it was impossible to clean this unsanitary boat loaded with dung and carcasses.