4 Aug 2020

Libya Shipment Loading Chaos

by Caroline Rowley | posted in: Government policy, Live Export | 5

On Wednesday 29 July 2020, at Kennedy Quay, Port of Cork, around 2,000 young bulls were loaded onto livestock vessel Sarah M bound for Libya. They will arrive at Misrata port on 8th August. A group of around 20 EFI … Continued

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Best practice is for the calf to receive colostrum from the mother. Why would you stomach tube a calf, unless he can't suckle for some reason, which would be rare? There is a risk of aspiration pneumonia, as well as the stress and discomfort, added to the trauma of being snatched from the mother. There are better ways to dairy, this is is definitely the wrong way.
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/autumn-calving-best-practice-for-stomach-tubing/

Stomach tubing is the most effective way of ensuring a calf receives adequate and high quality colostrum shortly after birth.

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Millions of pigs have been burned or buried alive in China in an effort to contain the spread of African Swine Fever. This is where our Minister is going to send breeding sows. High welfare? But then again pregnant heifers are shipped off to Libya and Kazakhstan so this shouldn't be a surprise.
Charlie McConalogue this is unacceptable #BanLiveExport
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/an-inhumane-and-dangerous-practice

China’s burying of pigs alive in an effort to control African Swine Fever is a brutal method of culling that also poses health risks, explains Anni...

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So we are going to export pigs for breeding to a country ranked G for farm animal welfare legislation by World Animal Protection, which is the lowest. Stunning is not required for slaughter, animals are not formally recognised as sentient in China and there are no laws against causing animal suffering - a bill was drafted but never enacted or passed into law. Charlie McConalogue where does this fit into the animal welfare strategy?
https://api.worldanimalprotection.org/country/china

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