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Why?
Because of the extraordinary suffering it causes to animals. https://www.ciwf.org.uk/our-campaigns/live-animal-transport/
Apparently sinking ships with live stock is not uncommon?
Without knowing the in's and out's of supply and demand this really raises the question as to why 14,000 sheep needed to be transported. Our reliance on global markets for our produce is out of hand (probably preaching to the converted here).
If not for global markets, my fresh fruit and vegetable selection would be VERY limited. As a kid, I had mostly root vegetables and apples from October until spring.
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The pertinent question is "why live?" Live transports are (for example) the biggest animal welfare issue for kiwi sheep.
I'm assuming because of the way an animal is sacrificed in order to be considered "halal". It would require a large slaughterhouse with the proper setup, which in an 98% orthodox country is not a easy arrangement.
It's actually not particularly difficult to do halal slaughter, the two main requirements are that it is killed with a cut to the throat (common in non-halal slaughter) by a Muslim.
Without knowing the in's and out's of supply and demand this really raises the question as to why 14,000 sheep needed to be transported. Our reliance on global markets for our produce is out of hand (probably preaching to the converted here).
If not for global markets, my fresh fruit and vegetable selection would be VERY limited. As a kid, I had mostly root vegetables and apples from October until spring.
Not sure if I’m making sense.
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> why 14,000 sheep needed to be transported why not? if i sell my sheep and need to deliver them to the buyer, then i'll need a form of transport.
The pertinent question is "why live?" Live transports are (for example) the biggest animal welfare issue for kiwi sheep.
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how dare them want to eat right?
What part about importing dead sheep instead of live sheep is the problem?
dunno, on top of my head:
how much does shipping frozen good costs over short-medium distances?
how much does slaughtering cost in either countries?
how do you track if food was processed according to that market expectancy and codes?
why wendy is so big on touting his beef was never frozen?
and there's not even a general rule, shipping meat can be cost effective compared to animals depending on country of origin and destination, yet alone distances, i.e. https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/fulltext/420339 and the result vary according to whether you're optimizing for cost or environment protection (and we know what companies tend to go for, right?)
Live shipping should be banned.
We’re shipping humans live. It’s not as if we subject sheep to something we aren’t willing to undertake ourselves.
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> why 14,000 sheep needed to be transported why not? if i sell my sheep and need to deliver them to the buyer, then i'll need a form of transport.
Nothing wrong with needing to transport but the problem is that globalisation has made it economically more viable to sell globally than locally. Produce should first be sourced locally then globally when they really need it.
global (aka long-distance) trade started around 3000 BC. it got a boom in 1815 due to mechanisation.
if you want to find out more, this is a good place to start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade