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Another Live Ex vet blasts ship design

13/8/2016

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Yet another experienced live export veterinarian has gone public with concerns about shipping design. Industry scion Dr Peter Arnold, admits that little has changed in ship design and states that "our modern ships [are] being designed for convenience and not the cargo."
Dr Arnold continues "There are literally hundreds of design features on ships that could easily be fixed by designers and engineers to suit the animal first and foremost and still fit into marine design and safety."
So, over 50 years to get it right and we don't. The reason seems to come down to the industry saying quoted by Arnold: “If the animals were worth their weight in gold, they would all arrive safely.” Yep, thats right, sadly it is about profit and not animal welfare.
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Peter Armold
18/8/2016 11:37:15 am

Yes what I've said is true but you didn't print the very positive side. I am pro this industry. It is good 98% of the time. 50% of the 2% can be fixed by welfare and husbandry management. Don't ban it fix it. It is a good industry if managed well.

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Simon W
16/11/2016 10:16:22 am

Taking your comment at face value, accordingly, 1% of the time the industry is not good, in ways which cannot be fixed by welfare and husbandry management. That really translates to "1% of the time the industry is bad, and that can't realistically be fixed." Given that 2.6 million animals are involved per year, 26,000 animals of them will still cop it bad after everything has supposedly been cleaned up and there is nothing that can be done about that. That's really an admission of how wrong this trade is, and that's granting you the seriously generous assumption that your figures are reliable. I would counter that your measuring stick for animal welfare is grossly outdated; most live exported animals suffer in some way or another, a great deal more than 2%.

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Marylouisa neilson
5/10/2016 06:39:32 pm

I hate seeing stock animals been sent overseas.
If governments insist on this trade, would it be possible for laws to be inforced if a country wants live stock, they have to take stock people to show them how to handle the animals and train them in handling.
Knowing what cruelty exists......
I don't expect it will ever change. The International league for horses, have put people on the ground to improve animal welfare and it is helping both people and animals
In a lot of countries cruelty is a way of life . Keep up the good work only discovered your site this a.m. New to computers. M.l.




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