“They can end it immediately if they choose to and that's what we're calling for.” SIMON O'CONNOR/Stuff Members of Taranaki Animal Save near Port Taranaki on Monday evening to protesting the export of livestock by sea. It cames after a two-year review of the live export trade, which began in 2019. Aitken said Taranaki Animal Save spent two hours on New Plymouth's Coastal Walkway handing out pamphlets and collecting signatures to be presented alongside the open letter, and the response from passers-by had been encouraging. "It's been really positive,” she said. There was no time frame for how long they would collect signatures, or when they would deliver the open letter to Port Taranaki.