![]() ![]() Shipments to Saudi Arabia were suspended between 20, after 58,000 sheep were stranded at sea for three months after Saudi authorities refused to let them disembark due to an outbreak of the viral disease scabby mouth. Trade to Egypt was suspended in 20, again over cruelty to cattle in abattoirs. There have also been temporary suspensions to individual countries over the past two decades.Įxports to Indonesia were suspended for six weeks in 2012, following an ABC Four Corners expose of cruelty to cattle in abattoirs. These markets either lack reliable refrigeration and cold-chain facilities for processed meat or have a cultural preference for freshly slaughtered meat adhering to specific practices, like halal.Ĭurrently there is a ban on sheep being shipped to the Northern Hemisphere in Summer, after 2400 sheep died on a journey to the Middle East in 2017. In 2022 it accounted for about 4.7 percent of the global trade, mostly shipping cattle to Asia and sheep to the Middle East. It’s likely to mean more animals being shipped from nations with lower standards.Īustralia is the world’s seventh-biggest exporter of live animals by value. The thornier question is whether the ban – something animal welfare activists have campaigned for decades – will be a net gain for global animal welfare. The only thing that’s certain is that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised the ban won’t happen in his first term, and that a lot more funding will be needed if no one involved in the trade is to be left worse off. Sheep Producers Australia director Liz Jackson.ĪUSTRALIA’S government wants to end live sheep exports, and a panel of four experts has been appointed with a $5.6 million budget to come up with a plan to phase out the trade, worth $92 million a year.Ĭhaired by the former head of the Murray Darling Basin Authority, Phillip Glyde, the panel is expected to report by the end of September. ![]()
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