Patagonia's Frigorífico exports sheep meat to Qatar and Arab countries: They plan to slaughter 9,000 animals

From the Jacobacci refrigerator, the first container with sheep meat of this season departed for the Arab countries, and the outlook is to finalize the export of 7 to 8 more containers before the end of June, which represents the slaughter of about 9,000 animals, mostly non-reproductive sheep in the fields. Claudia Minio, who has been in charge of the presidency of the J.J. Gómez cooperative since last July, participated in the operation and stated that "this way we are validating the effort of the workers." At the end of last June, growing discontent with the management of the previous president, Felipe Gerbán, led to his resignation after the workers revealed mistreatment and "million-dollar bad investments that have weakened the economic stability of the cooperative." According to information from the cooperative, Minio is in the process of re-establishing relationships, both institutionally and with users, starting a round of interviews and exchanges "to guarantee the best ...