Australia suspends some live cattle exports
Australia Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig has said live cattle exports to 11 Indonesian slaughterhouses will be suspended, the Australian Broadcast Co. reported.
The decision follows after an Australian television program, Four Corners, showed animals exported to Indonesia being beaten, whipped and kicked prior to slaughter.
Indonesia is Australia’s key market for live cattle exports, the broadcaster said, taking 60 percent of all cattle, and in 2010, the trade was worth more than $300 million.
Australia suspends some live cattle exports
