Agriculture - High Administrative Court allows cattle transport to Morocco
The controversial transportation of pregnant dairy cows to Morocco remains permitted. On Friday, the Higher Administrative Court in Lüneburg rejected the appeal by the district of Emsland against a ruling by the Osnabrück Administrative Court in an urgent decision. This means that the transport of 105 pregnant young cattle to a dairy cooperative in Morocco can take place on December 18 and 19. The decision is final. The district had wanted to prohibit the transport by order of the Ministry of Agriculture in Hanover, but had failed in both instances.
Only a few weeks ago, the Ministry of Agriculture had issued a decree against the transport of cattle, which had been criticized by animal rights activists. The ministry assumes that the animals are slaughtered without stunning in the destination countries. This is not permitted under German animal welfare law. The decree should significantly restrict these cattle transports.
Like the Administrative Court in Osnabrück, the judges in Lüneburg did not recognize that the district had demonstrated a concrete danger to the animals. In the district's justification, no concrete circumstances were named from which it could be seen that the animals were to be killed without stunning in the foreseeable future. The animals are not exported for slaughter, but for milk production - the recipient is one of the six most important dairy companies in Morocco.
The High Administrative Court also did not accept the argument that the animals could be killed without stunning after their period of use as dairy cows as a reason for a ban. For a danger of this kind, there is the legal possibility to issue a statutory order, which has not yet been used.
Press release
Read also:
- A clan member is punished here
- Traffic lawyer warns: Don't talk to the police!
- Will he be convicted as Jutta's murderer after 37 years?
- He also wanted to kill his cousin
Source: www.stern.de
