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Jun
21
2023
By The African Mirror
Tunisians struggle to buy sheep for Eid as economic crisis bites

Tunisians struggle to buy sheep for Eid as economic crisis bites

NEWS
JIHED ABIDELLAOUI TUNISIANS hoping to buy a sheep to slaughter for Islam's Eid al-Adha festival next week are facing much higher prices because of a drought, adding to public anxiety at an economic crisis that looks set to worsen. Small flocks of sheep are a common sight in Tunisian cities and towns in the run-up to the annual festival, feeding on highway verges and in empty lots as farmers bring in their animals from the countryside for sale. But the bleating that echoes across city neighbourhoods as families fatten animals on rooftops or in gardens may be heard less frequently this…
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Aug
26
2020
By The African Mirror
S.African court allows sheep exports to Middle East, rejects cruelty concerns

S.African court allows sheep exports to Middle East, rejects cruelty concerns

NEWS
 A South African court ruled on Tuesday that a Kuwaiti firm could ship thousands of sheep to the Middle East, dealing a blow to animal welfare activists seeking to ban such exports on concerns that extreme heat could kill the animals en route. In the high court case, South Africa's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) sought an interim injunction to prevent Kuwaiti livestock exporter Al Mawashi from sailing a vessel loaded with sheep out of South Africa's East London port. In papers filed with the court, the NSPCA said cramped spaces and extreme heat had…
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Aug
07
2020
By The African Mirror
South‌ ‌African‌ ‌animal‌ ‌rights‌ ‌ group‌ ‌asks‌ ‌court‌ ‌to‌ ‌ban‌ ‌live‌ ‌sheep‌ ‌shipments‌ ‌by‌ ‌Kuwaiti‌ ‌ firm‌

South‌ ‌African‌ ‌animal‌ ‌rights‌ ‌ group‌ ‌asks‌ ‌court‌ ‌to‌ ‌ban‌ ‌live‌ ‌sheep‌ ‌shipments‌ ‌by‌ ‌Kuwaiti‌ ‌ firm‌

NEWS
A South African animal rights group is seeking a court order banning a Kuwaiti firm from shipping tens of thousands of sheep across the equator to the Middle East during summer months in conditions it called "extreme cruelty". The case is the latest attempt by South Africa's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) to block such sheep exports, and it is pressing the government to introduce new regulations on how live animals are transported. On Thursday, the NSPCA asked Grahamstown High Court in the Eastern Cape for an interim court interdict preventing a ship belonging to…
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