27 Jan 2017

Animal welfare assurance wanted for Chinese cow shipment

From Morning Report, 7:22 am on 27 January 2017

More than five thousand dairy cows are about to be shipped to China by the same Saudi businessman the government gave more than 11 million dollars in cash, livestock and agricultural equipment in the Saudi sheep scandal.

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Critics says Sheik Hmood Al-Khalaf's chequered animal welfare record means the government has to guarantee the public this journey isn't going to become another debacle.