COVID-19 Latest
Mongolia|business|December 8, 2016 / 12:33 PM
Mongolian government to halt export of live horses

AKIPRESS.COM - Minister of Food and Agriculture P.Sergelen and Head of the General Agency for Specialized Investigation N.Tsagaankhuu held a press conference regarding the treatment of horses at the Bichigt border crossing in Sukhbaatar Province and the halting of exports, The UB Post reports.

In a video that was recently circulated on social media, live horses are seen being transported over the border. There were reports that the horses were being abused and starved.

At the press conference, Minister P.Sergelen emphasized that the export of live horses was prohibited in November, and to remain in place until April of next year. The export of horses documented in the video has been determined to be in violation of the ban.

The officials noted that due to the recent cases of abuse and starvation linked to the live export of horses, an official decision was made to cease any further export of live horses.

Deputy Minister of Mongolia U.Khurelsukh released an official statement that read, “I will not tolerate the indecent transport and the inhumane treatment of the Mongolian horse, which has been commemorated in our nation’s emblem. I have delegated the responsibility of addressing and stopping this issue to Minister of Food and Agriculture P.Sergelen and the Head of the General Agency for Specialized Investigation, N.Tsagaankhuu.”

All rights reserved

© AKIpress News Agency - 2001-2024.

Republication of any material is prohibited without a written agreement with AKIpress News Agency.

Any citation must be accompanied by a hyperlink to akipress.com.

Our address:

299/5 Chingiz Aitmatov Prosp., Bishkek, the Kyrgyz Republic

e-mail: english@akipress.org, akipressenglish@gmail.com;

Follow us:

Log in


Forgot your password? - recover

Not registered yet? - sign-up

Sign-up

I have an account - log in

Password recovery

I have an account - log in