Sheep barred by Scarborough
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• Animal rights activists are vowing to continue the fight against livestock exports, bolstered by the latest decision by a council to ban movements from its port.
The decision to stop international livestock traffic follows last week's vote by Scarborough Borough Council's Whitby harbour committee to disallow any livestock movements through the North Yorkshire port.
The decision, which the council says was based on Whitby port not having the necessary infrastructure to cope with livestock movements, followed an informal approach by a Humber-based exporter to send sheep through the port.
Tim O'Brien, head of research at the pressure group Compassion in World Farming, says: "If the exporter tries to switch to using an alternative port we will oppose it as vigorously as we opposed the case at
Whitby." Livestock is currently moving out of the country only from Dover, where Compassion in World Farming estimates up to 30,000 sheep a week are being exported to France on up to 60 lorries.