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New Zealand suspended its livestock exports after a ship with 6,000 animals on board was wrecked

New Zealand suspended exports of livestock after a ship carrying nearly 6,000 cattle sank off the coast of Japan on Wednesday after being hit by Typhoon Maysak. The ship, Gulf Livestock 1, was on its way to China. The searches of the more than 40 crew members are still ongoing.

Thursday the Japanese coast guard had rescued a crew member, Sareno Edvarodo, a 45-year-old Filipino, who was found adrift in a life jacket. The man reported that the ship’s engine had failed and that Gulf Livestock 1 was then hit by a wave and capsized. Another crew member died Friday after being pulled out of the water unconscious. The Japanese coast guard said a life jacket and a cow carcass were found in the same area.

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