Extract from Wales Assembly debate on Animal Welfare - Nov 14
Thursday, 15 November 2018 08:02
David J Rowlands AM:...A further risk to livestock exported from
the UK is that they're often transported on unsuitable ferries.
This is due to large ferry companies banning livestock on their
vessels. This problem was acknowledged by a National Farmers
Union spokesman, who, in 2016, conceded that the port of
Ramsgate and the ferries currently used were—euphemistically, he
said—referred to as 'not ideal for this sort of trade.' To read the
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