Air-freight unlocking sheepmeat opportunities 22 May 2019 Evolving demand, shifting flight paths and changing production systems have underpinned an air-freight sheepmeat boom to the Middle East over the last decade. We analyse the drivers behind the expanding trade and assess the risks and limitations to future growth. As a region, the Middle East and North […]
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A draft document with regards to guidelines for the transportation of live animals by sea, was sent out for public comment by the department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on the 31st March 2021. LAWA studied the document and sent their comments to the department, which basically stated that LAWA does not support […]
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The South African Veterinary Association (SAVA) represents more than 60% of all veterinarians in South Africa and is celebrating its centenary year in 2020. In the Lockdown Regulations, published on the 25th of March 2020 Veterinary Services and Animal Care have been classified as essential services. The subsequent release of the Regulations on the 29th […]
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These two goals in livestock farming are sometimes seen as mutually exclusive, but his is only true at the highest limits of farming practices. Poor feeding, water, housing, health care or management are all serous concerns for the welfare of animals, and improving each one of them will lead not only to an improvement in […]
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LAWA fully supports the NSPCA’s resistance to the export of livestock by seas to overseas destinations. Most of those livestock will suffer on ships and will then be handled, transported and slaughtered in often unacceptable conditions described in the document(Export of Livestock by Ship) and not in accordance with the various South African livestock welfare […]
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AL SHUWAIK IN 1978 AND 1988 The Al Shuwaik came into the news when it loaded a consignment of sheep at East London bound for Kuwait in the Middle East. The NSPCA’s hard fought efforts to stop the consignment from leaving ….. The Al Shuwaik was launched in 1986 and transported two consignments of New […]
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PRESS RELEASE BY LAWA, 2019-01-3 SHEEP SUFFER ON SMART SHIPS In 1995 the then Minister of Agriculture, Kraai van Niekerk, on receiving requests for permits to import live sheep for slaughter from Australia to Durban, sent a fact finding mission to Australia. The investigations revealed that the overseas trade in live slaughter stock had resulted […]
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SABS STANDARD FOR GAME AND WILD ANIMALS LAWA was requested by the South African Bureau of standards to cooperate in the formulation of a standard regarding the capture, translation and handling of specific species and wild animals, including elephants, as well as carnivorous animals. Also, in the research and production of a very detailed code […]
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ORIGIN OF LWCC Up until 1978 Dr. Levien was a sharp mimosa thorn in the side of the meat industry. He would give photo’d evidence of cases of cruelty to the media and they were very happy to publish these photos and revelations. Dr. Jan Lombard then the general manager of the meat board called […]
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LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION In 1981 the department of Veterinary Services reported that the cost of meat of cattle which was condemned as unfit for human consumption and sent to by-products as a result of bruising alone, not dead on arrival at only the 11 Abakor abattoirs amounted to 10 million rand. This value excluded the loss […]
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