# A massive live sheep export from SA to Kuwait was just greenlit – now to see if farmers regret it

- Link: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/2020/08/28/a-massive-live-sheep-export-from-sa-to-kuwait-was-just-greenlit-now-to-see-if-farmers-regret-it/
- Published: 2020-08-28T16:00:34+02:00
- Author: dearSA

_[Phillip de Wet](https://www.businessinsider.co.za/Author/Phillip%20de%20Wet) ,
[Business Insider SA](https://www.businessinsider.co.za/al-mawashi-cleared-to-export-live-sheep-to-kuwait-humane-society-international-warns-of-consequences-2020-8)_

### A huge shipment of live sheep is now cleared to depart a feedlot in the Eastern Cape, be loaded onto a waiting ship in East London, and then likely to be transported to the Middle East for slaughter.

![sheep-DearSA](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20190942/
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That, says exporting company Al Mawashi, will be to the considerable economic benefit
of that province, and eventually more of the country as it builds a pipeline of 
live animals to Kuwait and beyond.

But the farmers and meat industry that are now so enthusiastic about the prospect
of a new market will come to regret it, one animal-rights advocacy group warns –
and will eventually feel it in their pockets.

read more here _ [Business Insider SA](https://www.businessinsider.co.za/al-mawashi-cleared-to-export-live-sheep-to-kuwait-humane-society-international-warns-of-consequences-2020-8)_