A Brazilian Federal Court has ruled that the export of live animals for slaughter does not violate Brazilian law. The unanimous decision of the Federal Court overturned a lower court ruling that had ...

The regulations appear to represent a major tightening of oversight in a sector long criticised for exposing sheep, cattle and goats to prolonged suffering on the high seas. The rules are so stringent ...

PRETORIA, South Africa, August 8, 2025 (ENS) – The controversial debate on whether the live-animal export trade can ever be humane – or should be banned altogether – has been reopened by the ...

Animal Welfare Minister Andrew Hoggard could not get Cabinet agreement on overturning the ban, which formed part of coalition ...

Andrew Fisher occasionally consults to the Meat and Livestock Australia on issues of animal transport and live export. His research is funded by MLA, Dairy Australia, the Victorian Government, and the ...

Siobhan O'Sullivan is a financial member of Animals Australia and RSPCA NSW. On Thursday August 18, two bills were introduced in the Australian House of Representatives. One was the “Live Animal ...

Conservation and wildlife law experts call for immediate halt to capture and export of wild elephants from vulnerable desert-adapted population. Washington, DC—Conservationists and wildlife trade ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) stated that changes are needed to US animal export to address the gross violations of international animal welfare code occurring on shipments of farm ...

An Australian animal welfare group has called for the heads of the country’s political parties to give a personal guarantee there will be no more cruelty in the live export trade. Speaking at a joint ...

In a powerful mobilization against the proposed live animal export regulations announced by the Department of Agriculture (DoA) on 11 July, Stop Live Export South Africa (SLESA) and Compassion in ...

The New Zealand government will not move forward with plans to reinstate live animal exports by sea, ensuring the ban on the ...

The port has handled 1,821 twenty-foot container equivalent units (TEUs) and 213 tonnes of conventional cargo. State agencies are fast-tracking plans to establish a livestock berth on 20 acres at the ...