HIGH COURT BATTLE over sheep exports
The fate of 70 000 sheep will be decided by the Grahamstown High Court on Thursday, after the National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) approached it to stop the transport of the animals to the Middle East by exporting company Al Mawashi on the grounds of cruelty.
The case between Al Mawashi, a South African subsidiary of Kuwait-listed livestock trading and exporting company KLTT, and the NSPCA has resulted in a stand-off between the two parties.
Aside from approaching the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda for an interim interdict preventing the transportation of any live animals from South Africa, especially of the 70 000 sheep – which are already at the Al
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