The giant Heytesbury Beef cattle company owned by the Holmes à Court family has warned it will not sell its cattle to Indonesia again if the country cannot stop inhumane practices in its abattoirs.
The warning follows the federal government placing a temporary ban on live exports to 11 of 120 Indonesian abattoirs this week following the broadcast of disturbing footage of Indonesian slaughterhouses, The Australian Financial Review .
"Profits are not an excuse for an animal to be treated that way," said Heytesbury chief executive Paul Holmes à Court, who oversees the export of more than 30,000 live cattle to Indonesia each year.
"I have advised all of our customers that we will never sell another beast to them again unless they provide a guarantee that our cattle will be stunned before being killed."
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