Live Exports Australia . Breaking News Via Keep Talking #BanLiveExport - 49 Australian Cows have died during live import from Australia to Kazakhstan. They suffocated in the airplane, Tengrinews reports below; 400 purebred breeder cattle were supported to be delivered to Almaty in a Boeing-747 on a public procurement order from the Kazakhstan government. The imported cattle was meant to be used to strengthen Kazakhstans meat export capacities and increase pedigree livestock number in the country. According to Omirserik Kydyrbatev, Chief Veterinary Inspector of Almaty Oblast, infringement of rules of air transportation of animals caused the deaths of the cattle. Veterinarians found out that the cattle was dead only after the airplane landed in Almaty. The airplane carrying the live cargo arrived today during the night. But it was discovered that part of the cattle died along the way. At first the deaths were through to be caused by some virus. But later the Veterinarian Service of the Agricultural Ministry reported that they were caused by a failure in the air conditioning system of the airplane. All the expenses arising from the accident are going to be incurred by the supplying company, not by Kazakhstan, KazAgro, an agricultural arm of the Kazakhstan government called to stimulated industrial development of the sector, commented the incident. For more information see: en.tengrinews.kz/emergencies/49-Australian-cows-suffocate-during-flight-to-Almaty-23499/ Use of the Tengrinews English materials must be accompanied by a hyperlink to en.Tengrinews.kz
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:02:07 +0000
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