THE pressure group Animal Concern has condemned the Scottish Government for promising to continuing to allow live animals to be exported for slaughter if the Westminster Government bans the trade.
Michael Gove MP, UK secretary of state for the environment, food and rural affairs, has promised a consultation on a ban on live exports.
But, the charity argues, Mr Gove’s counterpart in Scotland, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity Fergus Ewing, has made it clear he has no intention of banning live exports from Scotland.