SA races against time to win fair trade in its thoroughbreds
Just an EU audit of horse disease protocols needed to reopen direct trade and save industry from implosion, says MD of SA Equine Health & Protocols
29 October 2019 - 14:33
In a push as forceful as a Rugby World Cup scrum, a concerted move is under way to ease the strict protocols stifling the export of SA thoroughbreds to overseas destinations.
If successful, it will throw a lifeline to the country’s bloodstock industry, as well as safeguard about 170,000 jobs. At present, SA-bred horses sold overseas have to spend 21 days in SA, three months in Mauritius and — on arrival in the EU — 30-60 days residency before onward transport...
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