What is bad about live export?
From grueling sea voyages to painful fully conscious slaughter, animals suffer at every stage of the journey. But live export is not only bad for animals. The high stocking density of a live export ship, combined with the long and arduous journey, increases the chance of animals becoming infected with Salmonella or E.
How does live export affect the economy?
The closure of abattoirs has occurred due to inadequate supplies of sheep and cattle, competition for animals with the live export industry buyers and thus higher prices, which make local slaughter uncompetitive. …
What would happen if live export was banned?
There would be less revenue and profit for farmers, who may turn to more profitable farming practices and further impact sheep numbers in the state, as well and less competition in sale yards if the practise was banned.
What would happen if Australia stopped live export?
The price impact. Analyst Matt Dalgleish said banning live exports would have a serious impact on sheep and cattle prices. “Sheep prices would decline somewhere between 18 to 35 per cent. In Western Australia, that would cost farmers between $80 million to $150 million,” he said.
What would Australia look like without live exports?
Analyst Matt Dalgleish said banning live exports would have a serious impact on sheep and cattle prices. “Sheep prices would decline somewhere between 18 to 35 per cent. In Western Australia, that would cost farmers between $80 million to $150 million,” he said.
Why does live export happen?
Live export is used to send stock to multiple international countries. Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council chairman Simon Crean stated in a recent speech that a “demand for live animals exists for a number of reasons, including … feedlots, breeding programs and a desire to build local industry capacity”.
Is live export illegal?
It’s already illegal. Your voice can help get animals off these death ships — for good. Every animal ‘exported’ for slaughter is an individual.
What would happen if Live export was banned?
What would happen if Australia stopped Live export?
When was the live export ban?
June 2011
It has been a year since the Federal Court’s historic ruling in favour of the northern cattle industry, determining that former agriculture minister Joe Ludwig acted with misfeasance when the then Gillard government introduced the ban in June 2011.