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The cattle have been kept on the Karim Allah, which docked on the south-eastern Spanish port of Cartagena on Thursday, in what animal rights activists described as hellish conditions.
2/26/2021
By Marco Trujillo and Nathan Allen
CARTAGENA, Spain, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Spanish government
veterinarians were on Friday deciding the fate of hundreds of
cows crammed aboard a ship that had returned to port after
months at sea in what animal rights activists described as hellish conditions.
The Karim Allah docked at the southeastern Spanish port of
Cartagena on Thursday after drifting for months through the
Mediterranean and struggling to find a buyer for its 895 cattle.
The beasts were rejected by several countries over fears
they had bovine bluetongue virus.
If the veterinarians inspection shows that the cows test
positive for the insect-borne bluetongue virus, which causes
2/26/2021
By Marco Trujillo and Nathan Allen
CARTAGENA, Spain, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Spanish government
veterinarians were on Friday deciding the fate of hundreds of
cows crammed aboard a ship that had returned to port after
months at sea in what animal rights activists described as hellish conditions.
The Karim Allah docked at the southeastern Spanish port of
Cartagena on Thursday after drifting for months through the
Mediterranean and struggling to find a buyer for its 895 cattle.
The beasts were rejected by several countries over fears
they had bovine bluetongue virus.
If the veterinarians inspection shows that the cows test
positive for the insect-borne bluetongue virus, which causes