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Australians questioning the culling? Maybe they should be watchful over what they export first!!
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DAFF chief veterinary officer Mark Schipp described the disease as unimportant, a view that was reinforced when the department's deputy secretary Phillip Glyde said it was not a requirement of importing countries that sheep be free of scabby mouth, VALE said.
The disease is, however, part of DAFF's rejection criteria for livestock sourced for export.
"The disease cannot be eradicated from live export ships and will continue to be used as justification for rejection of shipments for political or commercial reasons while this trade continues," VALE said in a statement on Tuesday.
"So far as animal welfare is concerned, the consequences of this clinically minor disease are therefore profound indeed."
In the late 1990s, scabby mouth in Australian sheep was seen by the biggest export market, Saudi Arabia, as so important that several shipments were rejected and the trade eventually ceased, VALE said.
In 2003, nearly 6000 sheep on the ship Cormo Express died amid claims they had scabby mouth, before the Australian government gifted the rest of the rejected shipment to Eritrea.
VALE said many shipments of sheep with scabby mouth were in fact accepted, but the "excuse" could be brought into play by the importing country at will.
Scabby mouth has little effect on a sheep's general health, but it can infect humans if cuts or wounds come into contact with the virus.
The company that exported the sheep to Bahrain, then Pakistan - Fremantle-based Wellard - last week said the animals were healthy and at all times complied with overseas health standards.
"Scabby mouth is present in every country in the world that has sheep and goat flocks; cannot be transferred to humans through meat; is not identified by the World Organisation for Animal Health as a notifiable disease; and neither Bahrain nor Pakistan have listed it as a health concern for the import of livestock," the company said.
you have no idea about the expertise of Pakistani breeders...
These Imports are always used as "Gene donors only"
yaa we do have an idea
considering population growth in ur country
Animal rights is a sensitive issue in Australia.
The same organization, Animal Rights Australia and the RSPCA are now calling for a ban on calf rodeo within Australia where young calf are chased, lassoed and then roped in. The stunt is very painful to the young calf who is scared to death and running for its life at full speed and then violently jerked back by a lasso around its neck. Keep in mind that this barbaric 'sport' is for 'entertainment'.
I actually support any campaign to stop all these barbaric 'sports' around the world, including bull torturing, er 'fighting', in Spain and elsewhere.
If animal rights is so sensitive then why sell them in the first place?
Looks like you never looked up india's population..
Population Density per Square Mile of Countries —
India 954
Pakistan 551
Population Density per Square Mile of Countries — Infoplease.com
check the population growth rate
india- 1.312 and pakistan- 1.5732
and growth rate in india is such high because of a particular community..... hope u get it
These animals are bred for the Purpose..I am not a fan of rodeo and Bull fights,but saying that the animals wont be there in the first place if these sports weren't there...