Live animal export review ignores 99% of exported farmed animals: October 2, 2019

A Cabinet paper from the Agriculture Minister’s office on the then proposed review of the live export trade was released last week. The paper proposes five options, which include the Minister’s preferred option of a conditional ban, and a complete prohibition of the trade of live animal exports. The paper shows the scope of the review will only include the export of cows, deer, sheep and goats for breeding which SAFE NZ saysber  ignores 99% of animals suffering in the live export industry. Tuwhenuaroa  spoke to SAFE’s Campaigns Officer Mona Oliver about the review, and began bye asking her what the details of the review were.