Uruguay: 3,000 cattle in Turkey: "Who is responsible for them and for the reputation of an entire sector of the country?"

3,000 cattle sent from Uruguay to Turkey are stranded on a ship due to commercial issues between the Uruguayan exporter and the importer regarding the type of animals sent. The ship departed from Montevideo in September and reached its destination on October 22. Dr. Marcelo Rodríguez from Livestock Services of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries (MGAP) said that the ship left under conditions respecting all the regulations and sanitary evaluations that involve live animal shipments. It is not a sanitary issue, but it affects the credibility and reliability of Uruguay as an exporter of live cattle, Dr. Rodríguez warned. Agr. Eng. Marcia del Campo, former director of the National Institute of Animal Welfare (INBA), expressed her concern about who is responsible for the welfare of the animals. "Who is watching over the welfare of the 3,000 bovines stranded on a ship in Turkey after a 'precious' quarantine in Uruguay, a month at sea, and 15 days stranded in a port?" ...