live export
Shipping animals abroad
Live export is the transportation of living animals, typically livestock, from one country to another for slaughter or breeding.
The practice is controversial due to animal welfare concerns during long sea or land journeys: Animal rights groups have campaigned against live export for decades.
The term appears most often in Australian and British contexts, where sheep and cattle exports have sparked public debate.
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- transportMoving things between places
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
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