Legislation aims to reign in cattle raised for slaughter

Author: Milân Hežist́ḱi

Tamara - Legislators on the committee for agriculture and food industry are set to begin drafting legislation aimed at regulating the livestock industry and reducing the number of farmers raising cattle for commercial slaughter. This comes following a meeting with the minister of agriculture, environment and food policy, Anat́oli Soplisiže. In the briefing Soplisiže reported on numbers showing that many farmers, who previously produced dairy products, have steadily been switching to raising cattle for slaughter.  

The recent disruption of shipping routes has caused inflation, and the increased prices have made it less profitable for farmers to keep dairy cattle. As a consequence, the price of beef has plummeted, and the demand has increased. Economists and legislators fear that farmers will slaughter so much of Agausia's current livestock, that they will be forced to import cattle. This is something that the ruling coalition, specifically the Farmers' and Greens' Union, has historically been against.

In 2004 MP Adâm Ṕet́opi (PMK) came out against a plan to import cattle after an outbreak of Bovine Herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1.) killed an estimated thirty-nine percent of Agausia's cattle population. Ṕet́opi claims that the importation of live animals for husbandry establishes a bad precedent, which could lessen the quality of Agausia's "high quality domestic goods."   

In the past, similar legislation was met with extreme opposition by the nation's farmers. Many of the nation's farmers want to be able to use their cattle however they see fit, and to import more if needed. Despite this opposition, past quotas were set on the importation of livestock, and any legislation which aims to further regulate and restrict the meat industry is likely to pass a floor vote. 

 

(Agausian Translation) 

Soplis meurneobisa da ḱvebis mretsëvelobis ḱomit́et́is ḱanonmdeblebi daitsëḱeben ḱanonṕroekt́is šemušavebas, romelitsëâ miznad isakavs metsëkoveleobis mretsëvelobis regulirebas da permerta raodenobis šemtsërebas, romlebitsëâ zrdân ṕirut́ḱvs ḱomertsëâ sasaḱlaoze. Es mokda soplis meurneobis, garemos datsëvisa da sursatis ṕolit́iḱis minist́rtan, Anat́oli Soplisiže šekvedris šemdeg. Bripingze Soplisiže -m atsënoba tsëprebs, romlebitsëâ ačvenebs, rom bevri permeri, romlebitsëâ adre ržis ṕrodukt́ebs atsëarmoebdnen, st́abilurad gadadis ṕirut́ḱvis sasaḱlaoze.

Sazǵvao maršrut́ebis bolodroindelma šeperkebam gamoitsëvâ inplatsëâ da gazrdilma pasebma permerebistvis ržis ṕirut́ḱvis šenakva naḱlebad momgebâni gakada. Šedegad, sakonlis kortsëis pasi détsëa da motkovna gaizarda. Eḱonomist́ebi da ḱanonmdeblebi šišoben, rom permerebi Agûzis amžamindeli ṕirut́ḱvis imden natsëls daḱlaven, rom ižulebulni iknebân ṕirut́ḱvis šemot́ana. Es aris is, rasatsëâ mmartveli ḱólitsëâ, ḱonḱret́ulad Permerta da Mtsëvaneta ḱavširi ist́oriulad etsënaaǵmdegeboda.

2004 tsëls deṕut́at́i Adâm Ṕet́opi (PMK) gamovida ṕirut́ḱvis imṕort́is gegmis tsënaaǵmdeg mas šemdeg, ratsëâ mskvilpeka rkosani herṕesvirusi-1 (BHV-1.) gavrtsëlda, romelmatsëâ moḱla agûzës mskvilpeka rkosani ṕirut́ḱvis 39 ṕrotsënt́i. Ṕet́opi amt́ḱitsëbs, rom metsëkoveleobistvis tsëotsëkali tsëkovelebis imṕort́i kmnis tsëud ṕretsëdentsëâ, ramatsëâ šeižleba šeamtsëros agûsâ-is „maǵali kariskis šida sakonlis“ kariski.   

Tsarsulši msgavs ḱanonmdeblobas eris permerebis ûḱiduresi tsënaaǵmdegoba šekvda. Kveḱnis bevr permers surs šežlos tavisi ṕirut́ḱvis gamoḱeneba ise, rogortsëâ mat mizanšetsënilad mâčnât, da sačiroebis šemtkvevaši met́is imṕort́i. Miukedavad am tsënaaǵmdegobisa, tsëna ḱvot́ebi datsësda ṕirut́ḱvis imṕort́ze da nebismëri ḱanonmdebloba, romelitsëâ miznad isakavs kortsës mretsëvelobis šemǵom regulirebas da šezǵudvas, savarûdod, gaivlis sartulze ḱenčisḱras.