A judge has ruled to ban live exports from Brazil
Live cattle exports from Brazil have been banned following a judge in the country stopping the practice on animal welfare grounds.
The ruling came after a Brazilian animal welfare charity filed a lawsuit in 2017 asking for the export of live cattle to be banned.
The Brazilian government can appeal the decision, but its agriculture minister, Carlos Favaro, told Reuters that a decision had not yet been made. He defended Brazil’s live cattle exports, saying that buyers of the cattle in destination markets would not buy cattle that may lose weight while being transported.
He added that the conditions animals travel in when being exported from Brazil were adequate.
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