Displaying items by tag: LIVE EXPORTS

Live Export NZ (LENZ), the industry group behind reinstating live exports, says that in 2020 New Zealand exported $255.89 million of live cattle to the rest of the world.

Rather than banning live animal exports, New Zealand should raise the standards required of the industry.

As the new government considers lifting the ban on live exports, protestors are set to demonstrate against the policy.

Minister for Rural Communities Mark Patterson says live exports of animals is a $500m trade that the country cannot afford to do without.

Livestock exporters are hoping to resume shipping animals from August next year.

Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor is unrepentant about the ban on live exports by sea, hailing it as putting New Zealand in step wth like-minded partners on the importance of animal welfare.

OPINION: As the Galloway Express left Port Taranaki last month with cattle for China, it marked the end of livestock export.

Veterinarians for Animal Welfare Aotearoa (VAWA) is unhappy about National's proposal to reinstate live animal exports if it became the government.

The end of live exports by sea could mark a ‘new dawn’ for animal welfare, both in New Zealand and across the globe.

OPINION: Federated Farmers is pleased that a Member's Bill from ACT MP Mark Cameron has put opportunities for live animal exports back on the political agenda.