Gold Standard animal exports back on the table
October 21, 2023
FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – October 23, 2023Live animal exports look set to return, but not without new 'gold standard' requirements to protect animal welfare and safety.National, ACT and NZ First all committed during election campaigning to reversing the ban ...
Ban on live animal exports likely to be overturned by new government
October 17, 2023
Live animal exports by sea are expected to resume after a National government forms, but it could be a year before the first shipment leaves.For years, New Zealand exported cattle to China to help build their dairy herd, with nearly 135,000 cattle exported in 2021.In April, ...
Source: Farmers WeeklyWe have committed to restarting live cattle exports – but with the strictest regulations in place to ensure world class animal welfare standards. We will take an evidential approach to the welfare of our animals, based on scientifically backed best pr...
Live animal Export
September 29, 2022
Live Animal Export New Zealand (LENZ) says that the passing of the Act banning live animal exports will damage the New Zealand economy and is out of step with the views of the New Zealand public.
According to an independent research report by science insights company V...
National vows to review live export ban
September 29, 2022
Source: Annette Scott, Farmers Weekly
Passing of law against shipping cattle met with howls of protest.
A future National government would review the law banning live cattle exports, National’s animal welfare spokesperson Nicola Grigg says.
In terms o...
Are we about to pull the rug out from under our trade protections?Tony NowellOPINION: Here in our small corner of the world, the David and Goliath story always resonates. The idea that you can be little and still find a way to hold your own is a reassuring one.We trade. This...
Loss of livestock exports
August 1, 2022
The legitimate livestock trade is about to be scuttled. The second reading of the Animal Welfare Bill saw the Government use its majority to ignore the evidence provided about the high quality of farms being built and managed to house animals imported from New Zealand ...
Live exporters call on Govt to review ban
March 21, 2022
FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – March 21, 2022
Annette Scottannette.scott@globalhq.co.nz
EXPORTERS have implemented a gold standard for the export of livestock by sea that could see New Zealand lead the way globally in animal welfare.
They now urge the Govern...
Govt urged to heed the facts and save the live export trade
December 15, 2021
Simon EdwardsThe government deserves the kudos and international recognition it has gained for its facts-driven stance on handling COVID-19. Federated Farmers has asked it to take the same approach on the futu...
Ban impact felt in China
December 10, 2021
For a culture that places so much value in relationships, it was disheartening for Chinese businesses to discover through mainstream media the bombshell dropped by the New Zealand government earlier this year.
There was no consultation before the decision was made and they a...
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