Monday 23rd November. The first of our three days of meetings during our stay in Australia. The other two would be held in Canberra towards the end of our trip. Australian lamb tends to be imported into the UK as a catering product and is often what you might be offered in some of our restaurants. My key areas of interest were the issues of mulesing, (the removal of strips of wool bearing skin from around the breech of a lamb to prevent fly strike) and the live export trade of sheep to countries such as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Welfare standards in general and the role of Government and stakeholders in the development of a national animal health and welfare strategy were also areas for discussion.
We met in the Meat and Livestock Australia offices in north Sydney and engaged in dialogue with:
Dr. Keith Walker, Program Manager, Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare, Livestock Production and Innovation
Cameron Hall, CEO, LiveCorp
Dr. Sandra Welshman, Frontiers Insight.
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