Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 3:49 pm
The Government’s decision to ban exports of livestock
for breeding is morally and practically unjustified,
according to the Animal Genetics Trade Association, as it
will financially devastate many farmers and require the
premature slaughter of thousands of livestock
annually.
“This is an ill-informed, massively
consequential decision for the nation, to earn short-term
political brownie points from a few activists,” said Dave
Hayman, spokesperson for the Animal Genetics Trade
Association.
“This is an immoral ban against a trade
being conducted humanely, with world leading standards.
There is no morality in removing half a billion dollars from
our economy and forcing the early deaths of up to 150,000
RNZ
The Japanese Coast Guard has called off its full-time search for Gulf Livestock 1, the live export ship that went missing in a typhoon in the East China Sea.
EDITORIAL: A review into the controversial practice of live animal exports was already underway when the Gulf Livestock 1 sank in the East China Sea seven months ago. When the ship sailed from Napier three weeks earlier, there were 43 people on board and a cargo of 5867 cattle, destined for China, which has been the destination of all our live cattle exports since 2017.
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The livestock carrier Yangtze Fortune in Port Taranaki in 2020.
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