He claimed they were taking a trip to China yet were a bit concerned regarding the weather condition, she stated. Wayne Langford, the animal welfare spokesperson for New Zealand’s federated farmers, claimed the almost 6,000 cattle on board had been attracted from milk farms around New Zealand, as well as dairy products farmers were really feeling “devastated by the awful event”. Live cattle export is a tiny market in New Zealand, with fewer than 10 ships leaving with cargo each year, carrying around 1-2% of the country’s dairy products herd, Langford said.