Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli PM, will lobby Lucy Turnbull over live exports

Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said she will lobby her friend Lucy Turnbull over the latest live export controversy.

Last week Agriculture Minister David Littleproud announced a review into the live sheep export trade after about 2400 sheep died on a ship bound for the Middle East late last year.

In a Facebook post, which was also posted on her husband’s Facebook page, Mrs Netanyahu said she was “appalled” by live export conditions.

“It’s just heartbreaking,” she says, according to an English translation of her video provided to The Australian.

“I was appalled to see the awful conditions in which animals are transported to Israel. It really breaks my heart. I am fully supportive of the animal rights organisations which care for the welfare [of] animals in Israel and throughout the world,” she said.

Read the article by Primrose Riordan in The Australian.