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ANIMAL WELFARE LAW REVIEW
Mar 3, 2006
ANIMAL WELFARE LAW REVIEW "TOP PRIORITY"
By Jodie Thomson and Linda Sharman, Countryman

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damn! When do they eventually get the point that welfare won't help non humans?!!
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(WA) NEW Local Government Minister Jon Ford has listed the review of controversial State animal welfare legislation, which is being used in a case against a live exporter, as a top priority.

Mr Ford confirmed the State Government supported the live export trade, and needed to work with industry to ensure the trade stood up to public scrutiny.

Live exporter Emanuel Exports and two of its directors are facing charges of breaching the Animal Welfare Act, relating to a shipment of 100,000 sheep to the Middle East on board the MV Al Kuwait in November 2003.

Industry has voiced concerns about the ambiguity of the Act, in particular the phrase, "likely to cause it unnecessary harm", in relation to transport of animals.

Responding to questions at the Pastoralists and Graziers Association annual convention, Mr Ford said the Act was being reviewed, and industry would be consulted.

"At the moment it's my top priority - I see it as the single biggest risk we're facing immediately," he said.

Mr Ford said the WA Government supported the live export trade, and recognised it was constantly under attack from animal rights groups.

"I can assure you that you will have my ear and I will work closely with you to make sure industry comes through this," he said.

Farmers renewed calls for the loading of live export ships to be moved away from Fremantle, where the truck route is through the city, to the less populated James Point.

"I've been advised that the James Point proposal has been supported by my agency in regards to a submission to the WA Planning Commission, primarily on the basis it's closer to the Baldivis feedlots, but more importantly, that it takes the route away from through the city of Fremantle," Mr Ford said.

PGA meat and livestock chairman Tim D'Arcy said the association had kept in regular contact with the James Point consortium, but the approvals process was moving slowly.

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