Turkey rejects three thousand Uruguayan bovines; they are already coming back by ship

About 2,900 cattle from Uruguay, which were stranded for almost a month on a ship off the coast of Turkey, have begun their return to the South American country, mostly in good sanitary conditions, a source from the Ministry of Livestock reported this Monday. Turkish authorities prevented the disembarkation due to alleged inconsistencies in the health certificates, while Uruguayan authorities attributed the incident to a commercial conflict between the exporter and the importer, and ruled out health problems in the animals. The cattle "are on the ship returning to Uruguay, but what we have talked about with those responsible is that they will try, on the journey, to redirect the animals to another market," said Marcelo Rodríguez, director of Livestock Services of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) of Uruguay, to the press. Inspections in Turkey revealed inconsistencies The cargo ship with the animals was anchored off the port of Bandirma, in western ...