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"New Zealand will ban live animal exports from next April, two years after
storms sank a livestock ship, killing 41 crew members and 6,000 cattle.
The death of two New Zealanders among the crew of the Gulf Livestock 1, which
sank in a September 2020 typhoon, helped galvanise the movement to ban exports
of live sheep and cattle.
The animal welfare amendment bill was signed into law on Thursday, with the
government saying it would protect New Zealand’s reputation as consumers become
more ethically conscious. “It protects the reputation of not just our farmers
now, but the farmers of the future,” the agriculture minister, Damien O’Connor,
said.
Live exports have long been controversial in Australia and New Zealand, and
subject to long-term campaigns by animal rights groups. When they go wrong,
they often result in thousands of animals drowning.
Earlier this year, more than 15,000 sheep drowned after a live export ship sank
in Sudan, and in 2020 a capsize killed 14,000 sheep. In 2021, 3,000 cattle were
stranded at sea for three months, leaving many dead, dying, starving or
extremely dehydrated.
Because New Zealand is so remote, even a best-case-scenario journey is often
arduous for animals."
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