Live export ban will be exploited by 'unscrupulous traders'

Legislation banning live animal exports for fattening and slaughter, while-well intended, is ’full of loopholes which unscrupulous traders will exploit’, Bill Wiggin, MP for North Herefordshire, has said.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
clock • 2 min read
Live export ban will be exploited by 'unscrupulous traders'

Legislation banning live animal exports for fattening and slaughter, while-well intended, is 'full of loopholes which unscrupulous traders will exploit', Bill Wiggin, MP for North Herefordshire, has said....

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