The Western Cape government has warned of the looming threat of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the province following the outbreak of the disease in the Eastern Cape.
Creating a safer agricultural environment in Western Cape georgeherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from georgeherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The National Council for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty for Animals (NSPCA) has called for a complete ban of livestock exports via sea following the discovery of the abhorrent condition in which animals were kept on the Al Kuwait, which docked in Cape Town last week to load feed on its way from Brazil to Iraq.
Stock thieves have robbed the Eastern Cape of more than R300m in a one-year period, and about a third of all stock theft in SA occurs within the province.