Photo / FileResumption of the live animal export trade by the Ministry for Primary Industries has been welcomed by farmers, but animal rights groups are not so happy. Animal Genetics Trade Association (AGTA) said allowing live exports meant farmers could continue to benefit from strong international demand for breeding stock. Currently 24,000 cattle supplied by New Zealand farmers were in pre-export isolation waiting to be exported, AGTA said. MPI had yet to release its broader review into the live export trade, which Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor ordered in June 2019, Ashton said. "The new, Labour led government will be completely misreading the mood of the nation if they don't ban live export."

Source: New Zealand Herald October 23, 2020 03:45 UTC