FORMER LIVE EX Veterinarian Support for Brightling's ASSERTIONS

In an opinion piece in Splash 24/7 (Live Animal Exports: False Hopes on a Dying Fleet) , experienced former AAV Dr Lynn Simpson aired similar views to long time exporter and export veterinarian Dr Tony Brightling. Both argue that regardless of legislation, the trade is dying due to lack of ships. Both have proposed similar reasons for that. Dr Simpson points out that Australia is not even a big world player in live sheep export terms these days. If we examine that point further and compare number of sheep exported from each country in 2023, Australia comes in at number 7:

Millions of Live Sheep exported per country 2023
Sudan 5
Somalia 4.5
European Union 2.8
Romania 2.3
Spain 1.4
Jordan 1.3 (so why do we export live sheep to Jordan and where are Australian sheep going really?)
Australia 0.68