“Ship of Death” causes an “unimaginable stench” in the holiday resort – animal rights activists are alarmed. 19,000 cattle are said to be on a ship and standing in “feces and ammonia”.

The animals have been on board for two and a half weeks - and will have to spend another two weeks there. Photos from the Cape of Good Hope SPCA show cattle caked in dirt. They stand or lie “in faece and ammonia,” as the NSPCA described it.