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Many organisations and individuals have come together for a Nationwide protest urging the government to ban live export now, not in two years.
The Auckland demonstration will meet at the town hall at 12 noon and March down Queen Street to Te Komititanga Square at 12.30 for speeches.
“Potentially hundreds of thousands of cows could be shipped to China before the 2 years is up,” says co- organiser Anna Rippon. “MPI has already banned shipment of animals for slaughter. The two-year delay is concerning for the integrity of New Zealand”
Co-organiser Deno Stock agrees. ” Two years is too long. The prime minister should show that her concern over animal welfare is genuine and not political posturing. She should not continue to delay like she did after the tragic loss of human and nonhuman lives in the ‘Gulf Livestock 1’ last September.”
“The trip can take weeks and months, and sometimes they die at sea,’ she said. “They are leaving our land and our standards of animal welfare. They live in awful conditions when they are overseas.”
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Will Applebe speaks at a protest again live cattle export on Saturday in Christchurch. She said the sinking of the Gulf Livestock 1 boat, which capsized in the South China Sea on September 2, showed the cruelty of the practice. Only two crew members survived, the other 41 crew members died and 5,867 head of cattle drowned in the sinking. Plowman said they wanted an immediate ban on the practice.
Press Release – Direct Action Everywhere New Zealand
Many organisations and individuals have come together for a Nationwide protest urging the government to ban live export now, not in two years.
The Auckland demonstration will meet at the town hall at 12 noon and March down Queen Street to Te Komititanga Square at 12.30 for speeches.
“Potentially hundreds of thousands of cows could be shipped to China before the 2 years is up,” says co- organiser Anna Rippon. “MPI has already banned shipment of animals for slaughter. The two-year delay is concerning for the integrity of New Zealand”
Co-organiser Deno Stock agrees. ” Two years is too long. The prime minister should show that her concern over animal welfare is genuine and not political posturing. She should not continue to delay like she did after the tragic loss of human and nonhuman lives in the ‘Gulf Livestock 1’ last September.”