Cattle ship en route to China, will they all survive?

Cattle ship en route to China, will they all survive?
Protesters attend a rally organized by SAFE against the practice of live cattle exports outside the Port of Napier in November 2020.
Rebecca Howard
Some 4,188 cattle trudged up metal ramps to board the 17-year-old Yangtze Harmony earlier this month. If history is anything to go by, the cattle are about to be subjected to weeks of horrendous, hot, cramped conditions.New Zealand has moved to ban life animal exports by sea just as the massive livestock carrier laden with cows is en route to its next port of call – China. It won’t be the last.The fact that the ban doesn’t come into effect for 24 months means the fate of those animals aboard, along with up to 200,000 more that...

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