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That doesn't refer to live animal exports. This does http://www.livecorp.com.au/SingleArt...year_2010.aspx
The first paragraph says "The value of the Australian livestock export industry exceeded A$1 billion for the second year running in 2010, delivering $1.012 billion in export revenue to the Australian economy." LiveCorp would have some idea.
do we care that our iron ore is used to make nuclear bombs ?
i think the issue of what happens to livestock after they are exported and sold is not really our concern.
makes a good story though.
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But we can't regulate who they on-sell it to!
The big problem with live animal exports is that different coultures have different ideas about the treatment of animals.
In some coultures, animals are there to be used and abused and their pain and possible feelings are totally ignored.
What may seem very cruel to us, means nothing to them, and it is expected of them to treat animals in this way.
I don't agree with treating animals cruelly and feel we should have more control over how they are kept and slaughtered, so perhaps we should set up the slaughter houses for the animals we export and then sell the carcases to them rather than let them slaughter and perhaps, misstreat the animals we export.
One big problem we have in Australia, is that we export the raw materials, but not the processed material - which is where the real money is.
We ship out bauxite instead of aluminium and live animals instead of meat.
Perhaps it's about time we hassled the government to stop the sales of raw materials in favour of processed, or at least, semi-processed items.
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Let's see, no, as that's illegal here as an activity, and no, becuase that's illegal here as an activity
I wouldnt sell anything to anyone using it directly illegally
But, would i manufacture and sell cars, yes...guns....yes...etc etc
Where does the liability for what you create end ?
If I walked up to a knife shop, asked to buy a knife because I wanted to murder someone in another country: should the shop-keeper be in a whole lot of #### if he agreed to sell me the knife?
I would hope so - the shop-keeper should be an accessory to murder. He should not simply say, 'I need to make money to feed my kids.'
Why, we all have a duty of care towards our society and the society of our trading partners.
If we sell cattle to a slaughter-house that we know abuses the animals - breaking our laws and possibly theirs, should we be held to account?
I would hope so...
Perhaps if country A wants to buy our uranium for the stated intention of building a bomb to obliterate country B, do we say, "To hell with everything, we'll be rich and take no responsibility."
What a frightening world...
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if i buy a chicken from a farm and take it home to kill and eat is that wrong?
If i go to a chinese resturant and point to a tank of fish and say "i'll have that one" at which point it is caught, killed and cooked is that wrong?
cattle and sheep are not humans... cattle and sheep are bread to be eaten... this whole conversation is going to nothing but make more vegetarians
I am just as big a meat eater as anyone. My favorite animals come with a serve of fries and mustard..
But, there is difference between humane killing and the sadistic cruelty that was evidenced on 4 Corners the other night. The sight of that poor animal shaking in fear as it was forced to watch 4 other beasts being carved up in front of it... It was obviously in mental agony (as any sentient being would be). There is just no excuse for that. Ever..