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Israel reaches record level in livestock imports

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In 2019, the country imported nearly 700,000 lambs and calves from Europe and Australia.

Posted on Jan 24 ,12:36

Israel reaches record level in livestock imports

A recent report issued by the Israeli animal rights group Animals states that 691,327 live lambs and calves have arrived last year in the country for fattening and slaughter. In the last decade, the trend in increasing livestock imports was constantly present in the Israeli market. By comparison, 95,545 live animals were imported for the meat industry in 2009 and 228,711 in 2014, according to the report. 2017 marked a slight dip in the numbers of the animals shipped to Israel but it was quickly overcome next year with 685,813 head imported.
The Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, green-lighted a bill in its preliminary reading to stop the live transports from Australia and Europe since late 2018, but the lack of a functioning government in the country led to a continuous postpone of the bill. A third national ballot has been set for March and that could put a stop in livestock imports in the country and a gradual move to the import of chilled meat over the next three years, according to the Times of Israel newspaper.

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