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OPINION: Legislation being drafted to bring back the controversial trade of live animal exports by sea is getting stuck in the cogs of Cabinet.

As Radio NZ reports, Associate Agriculture Minister Andrew Hoggard says the Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO) was drafting the Animal Welfare Act amendment to bring back the trade - worth $374 million in 2022.

But the PCO was facing a high workload of drafting legislation.

Hoggard says he’s working on the final stages now.

“I am hopeful that I’ll be able to make some announcements shortly on this.”

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