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Aaron Bunch

Stranded ship with 16,500 sheep, cattle to be unloaded

A loaded livestock carrier has returned to Australian waters after abandoning a Middle East voyage. (Mark Brake/AAP PHOTOS)

Some of the sheep and cattle stranded in heatwave conditions aboard a ship off Western Australia after almost a month at sea will be offloaded, with others set to be re-exported.

About 16,500 animals are packed into the MV Bahijah, which was ordered by the federal government to abandon its voyage to the Middle East due to Houthis' rebel attacks in the Red Sea.

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