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\n \nSource: SPCA\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n A petition signed by over 50,000 people has been accepted by New Zealand MP Damian O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n O\u2019Connor is the former agriculture minister who led the establishment of the ban in April last year, while still in government.<\/p>\n The current government has indicated that it would bring back live exports if stock were shipped on custom-built vessels, which it claims would be better for the animals and safer for the crew.<\/p>\n The petition was led by John Hellstrom (retired veterinarian, past Chief Veterinary Officer of MAF (now MPI), past Chair of the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee), supported by advocacy groups such as SAFE, SPCA, HUHA, VAWA, Animals Aotearoa, World Animal Protection and Animal Policy International.<\/p>\n \u201cMuch of our international trade relies on us maintaining good animal welfare standards. For example, the UK and EU Free Trade Agreements include animal welfare provisions. Restarting live exports could put these agreements and the huge benefit they bring to New Zealand at risk,\u201d O\u2019Connor said.<\/p>\n \u201cBefore Labour banned the practice, live exports by sea represented just 0.32% of primary sector export revenue. We have to protect New Zealand livestock and the international reputation of our annual $55 billion primary export industry.\u201d<\/p>\n Labour animal welfare spokesperson Rachel Boyack highlighted the tragedy of the Gulf Livestock 1 which capsized in 2020 leaving 41 crew and 6,000 cattle missing.<\/p>\n \u201cThe world is changing. Other countries like the UK and Australia have followed New Zealand\u2019s lead and moved to ban live exports. Reinstating this practice will take New Zealand backwards,\u201d said Boyack.<\/p>\n A recent SPCA survey found 61% of New Zealanders do not support the reinstatement of live exports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" June 25, 2024 Source: SPCA A petition signed by over 50,000 people has been accepted by New Zealand MP Damian O\u2019Connor. O\u2019Connor is the former agriculture minister who led the establishment of the ban in April last year, while still in government. The current government has indicated that it would bring back live exports if …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/45126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nJune 25, 2024<\/span>
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