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Unloading sheep from a ship at Jeddah Port, Saudi Arabia. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
by Said Al-Abyad | Jul 4, 2013 | Business
Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Agriculture has estimated that cattle imports in the run-up to Ramadan means the kingdom’s total imports will reach 9 million head this year, an increase of more than 1 million on last year. In previous...
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File photo of cattle. Australia has banned lived cattle exports to Egypt over animal cruelty concerns. (AFP PHOTO/Juliette MICHEL)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 5, 2013 | Business
Sydney, Reuters—Australian livestock exporters said on Saturday they were suspending live cattle exports to Egypt after a graphic video purportedly showed animal cruelty in Egyptian abattoirs and prompted Canberra to launched an investigation. Agriculture officials...
