Hundreds of Animals Disembark Ship Amid Export Limbo

Hundreds of Animals Disembark Ship Amid Export Limbo
This photo taken on April 15, 2018, shows workers transferring beef cattles imported from Australia at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province. AFP via Getty Images
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Hundreds of cattle are back on land for the first time in almost a month after the export ship carrying them was forced to return due to conflict in the Middle East.

The Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry unloaded several hundred cattle from the ship on Friday night at the exporter’s request.