{"id":34487,"date":"2019-04-07T10:42:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T10:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=34487"},"modified":"2019-04-07T10:42:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T10:42:39","slug":"australian-cattle-exported-to-sri-lanka-dying-and-malnourished-local-farmers-left-suicidal-exclusive-by-lorna-knowles-abc-investigations-and-siobhan-heanue-south-asia-correspondent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/australian-cattle-exported-to-sri-lanka-dying-and-malnourished-local-farmers-left-suicidal-exclusive-by-lorna-knowles-abc-investigations-and-siobhan-heanue-south-asia-correspondent\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian cattle exported to Sri Lanka dying and malnourished, local farmers left suicidal &#8211; Exclusive by Lorna Knowles, ABC Investigations and Siobhan Heanue, South Asia correspondent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #eb1563;\">Australian cattle exported to Sri Lanka dying and malnourished, local farmers left suicidal &#8211; Exclusive by Lorna Knowles, ABC Investigations and Siobhan Heanue, South Asia correspondent<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Source:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-04-04\/australian-dairy-cattle-sent-to-sri-lanka-dying-malnourished\/10936258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC news<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34488 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Australian-cattle-export1.jpg\" alt=\"Australian cattle export\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a class=\"inline-caption\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-04-04\/back-haunches-of-cows-in-sri-lanka-with-bones-showing-through-h\/10962322\"><strong>PHOTO:<\/strong>\u00a0Cows on Lammermoor Estate in Sri Lanka were part of the Australian export program.\u00a0<span class=\"source\">(ABC News: Siobhan Heanue)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">Hundreds of Australian and New Zealand cattle have died in a Federal Government-backed export deal with Sri Lanka, which local farmers say has left them broke, and in some cases, suicidal.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">Farmers and animal rights groups, as well as Sri Lanka&#8217;s own auditor-general, want the export project stopped because they say it is poorly planned and inhumane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">The scheme was devised to improve the supply of fresh milk in Sri Lanka and reduce the country&#8217;s reliance on expensive, imported powdered milk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">Angry Sri Lankan farmers have told the ABC the &#8220;high-yielding, pregnant dairy cows&#8221; they were promised were overpriced, unhealthy and infertile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">They said 10 per cent of the 5,000 cattle imported so far had died and many were diseased.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">Key points:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">About 500 Australian and New Zealand dairy cows have died after being shipped to Sri Lanka<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">The scheme was underwritten by an Australian Government loan of $100 million<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">The Sri Lankan auditor-general says the cows aren&#8217;t thriving because of climatic conditions and disease, and the scheme should be shut down<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">But Wellard, the West Australian live export company contracted to ship the cows to Sri Lanka and help establish the dairy farms, said the mortality rate was closer to 9 per cent but overall the scheme was a success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">The company said only a &#8220;handful&#8221; of the 68 farmers selected to receive the cattle had experienced problems because they had ignored herd management advice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34489 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Australian-cattle-export3.jpg\" alt=\"Australian cattle export\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline-caption\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-04-04\/a-calf-is-sprawled-on-the-concrete-with-its-legs-askew-in-sri-l\/10962330\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">PHOTO:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0One farmer said 180 calves born to cows in the program died.\u00a0<span class=\"source\">(ABC News: Siobhan Heanue)\\<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8216;I have a cemetery, not a farm&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">The ABC has been contacted by multiple farmers, as well as the Ceylon Cattle Farmers Federation, to raise concerns about the scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">Amal Suriyage, who bought 200 cows last year, said the animals were in poor condition when they arrived in December.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;My staff said it looks like they have not come from Australia. Looks like they come from Ethiopia,&#8221; Mr Suriyage said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34490 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Australian-cattle-export5.jpg\" alt=\"Australian cattle export\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline-caption\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-04-04\/amal-suriyage-owns-a-dairy-farm-in-lammermoor-estate-in-hapugas\/10962532\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">PHOTO:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0Amal Suriyage owns a dairy farm in Lammermoor Estate in Hapugastenne 48 miles from Kandy in central Sri Lanka.\u00a0<span class=\"source\">(ABC News: Siobhan Heanue)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">He said he lost about 160 cows on his Lammermoor Estate dairy farm, and another 180 calves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">He said he would be forced to cull the remaining 40 cows because some had the highly contagious disease Mycoplasma bovis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;What I have now are carcasses of those dead cows and calves. I think I have a cemetery, not a farm anymore,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--pullquote\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;I feel ashamed to even mention that a country like Australia got involved in this mess.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34491 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Australian-cattle-export.jpg\" alt=\"Australian cattle export\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline-caption\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-04-04\/a-close-up-of-a-dead-cow-in-a-pit-in-sri-lanka-1\/10962326\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">PHOTO:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0One of Mr\u00a0Suriyage&#8217;s\u00a0cows is buried on the farm.\u00a0<span class=\"source\">(ABC News: Siobhan Heanue)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">Sri Lankan business consultant Mohammed Mausook Riyal told the ABC the cows were the wrong breed for the climate, making them susceptible to disease, and farmers could not make a profit because of poor milk yield and low conception rates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">Some farmers were suicidal because they mortgaged their assets to buy the cows and now the banks were foreclosing on their properties, Mr Mohammed said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">He said each cow cost almost double what it was worth, with investors paying 200,000 Sri Lankan rupees (A$1,620) instead of 120,000 Sri Lankan rupees (A$974) per cow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34492 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Australian-cattle-export8.jpg\" alt=\"Australian cattle export\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><a class=\"inline-caption\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-04-04\/a-dead-cow-is-dragged-along-behind-a-truck-on-lammermoor-estate\/10962502\"><strong>PHOTO:<\/strong>\u00a0About 160 cows on Lammermoor Estate have died.\u00a0<span class=\"source\">(ABC News: Siobhan Heanue)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Farmers were told each cow would produce 20 litres per day when they are only producing 10-15 litres per day,&#8221; Mr Mohammed said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">He said the milk was selling for less than promised, and a special imported feed the cows needed turned out to cost more than double what they were told it would.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">He spoke of one farmer who had died by suicide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;All of them have lost their dreams,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;They do not know their next step in life. They have lost everything.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34493 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Australian-cattle-export2.jpg\" alt=\"Australian cattle export\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"inline-caption\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-04-04\/an-australian-cow-with-material-running-from-its-eye-in-sri-lan\/10962370\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">PHOTO:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0The surviving cattle on Lammermoor Estate will be euthanased.\u00a0<span class=\"source\">(ABC News Siobhan Heanue)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-content photo full\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">Cattle inspected by vets, pregnant when they left: Wellard<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">Wellard executive chairman John Klepec said climatic conditions in Sri Lanka were not dissimilar to other tropical areas where dairy programs had been successfully implemented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve been to one personally myself where the output of the dairy cattle are double what we experience here in Australia,&#8221; Mr Klepec said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-content wysiwyg right\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">If you or anyone you know needs help:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/\">Lifeline\u00a0<\/a>on 13 11 14<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kidshelp.com.au\/\">Kids Helpline\u00a0<\/a>on 1800 551 800<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mensline.org.au\/Home.html\">MensLine Australia\u00a0<\/a>on 1300 789 978<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondblue.org.au\/\" target=\"_self\">Beyond Blue<\/a>\u00a0on 1300 22 46 36<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/headspace.org.au\/\" target=\"_self\">Headspace<\/a>\u00a0on 1800 650 890<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">He said the animals were inspected by Australian and New Zealand vets before export, and Sri Lankan vets certified them as disease-free when they were delivered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">&#8220;They were all passed fit for purpose, and in terms of the pregnancy issue, all the dairy heifers were signed off as pregnant when they went onto the ship,&#8221; Mr Klepec said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">&#8220;What happens post delivery of the cattle is subject to the farm management. Poor farm management practices will produce poor outcomes.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">He said a small &#8220;recalcitrant&#8221; group of farmers had refused to follow the advice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;The specific mortality rate that you&#8217;re referring to on that particular farm \u2026 accounts for the large amount of abnormal deaths that occurred on the second shipment,&#8221; Mr Klepec said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;We&#8217;re proud to be involved in a program that delivers the human welfare outcome that this program has to date \u2014 84 million litres of milk has been produced.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">Under the deal, Wellard was contracted to import 20,000 dairy cows to Sri Lanka between 2012 and 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">It has already shipped 5,000 and is planning to ship the remaining 15,000 in the next 12 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">Under the terms of the project, underwritten by the Australian Government&#8217;s export credit agency, EFIC, Wellard was required to provide Sri Lankan farmers with facilities, training and veterinary support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34494 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Australian-cattle-export7.jpg\" alt=\"Australian cattle export\" width=\"600\" height=\"799\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">In a statement, EFIC said it provided a credit facility to the Sri Lankan Government to fund the purchase of dairy cattle, but had no relationship with the individual farmers who purchased the cattle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;EFIC provided the facility after the transaction was deemed to meet the necessary International Finance Corporation&#8217;s Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines,&#8221; the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;The cattle were also inspected and certified by Australian authorities and accepted by veterinarians from the Sri Lankan Government before departure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;The Sri Lankan Government has responsibility for the program after the cattle arrive in Sri Lanka.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">Sri Lankan auditor-general calls for program halt<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34495 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Australian-cattle-export6.jpg\" alt=\"Australian cattle export\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"inline-caption\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-04-04\/australian-dairy-cattle-on-lammermoor-estate-in-sri-lanka-1\/10966420\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">PHOTO:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0Animals Australia says no more Australian cows should be shipped to Sri Lanka under this program.\u00a0<span class=\"source\">(ABC News: Siobhan Heanue)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">The Ceylon Cattle Farmers Federation said farmers received no training or workshops and only received a small leaflet without any technical advice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">In a damning report published in May, Sri Lankan auditor-general Gamini Wijesinghe described the project as an &#8220;unbearable burden to the Government&#8221;, and said project planners had misled farmers, who had suffered &#8220;financial difficulty and mental distress&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">Mr Wijesinghe found imported dairy cows were not suited to the dry conditions in rural Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">He said their life spans were short, their fertility rate low and they were highly vulnerable to disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">The report said many cows and calves had died, were diseased or were languishing in poor conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">Mr Wijesinghe noted that as far back as 2008, the Sri Lankan Planning Department found that imported cows were &#8220;climatically unfit&#8221; for Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34496 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Australian-cattle-export9.jpg\" alt=\"Australian cattle export9\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"inline-caption\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-04-04\/tim-vasudeva-animals-australia-1\/10966390\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">PHOTO:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0Tim Vasudeva from Animals Australia wants the export program halted.\u00a0<span class=\"source\">(ABC News: Jeremy Story Carter)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">Animals Australia spokesman Tim Vasudeva said the scheme must be stopped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s been, from what we can see, a fairly unmitigated disaster from a human and animal welfare perspective,&#8221; Mr Vasudeva said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">Mr Vasudeva said the situation highlighted the need for changes to welfare standards for live export cattle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;We do have formal frameworks for the export of cattle for slaughter, but not for dairy and breeder cattle,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;So basically that means those welfare protections just aren&#8217;t there.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">The Ceylon Cattle Farmers Association also wants the scheme stopped and farmers to be given refunds and reimbursed for their losses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">Opposition agriculture spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon said in a statement that if elected, Labor would review the powers of the regulator to assess the welfare outcomes of non-slaughter live animals exported from Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34497 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Australian-cattle-export4.jpg\" alt=\"Australian cattle export\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian cattle exported to Sri Lanka dying and malnourished, local farmers left suicidal &#8211; Exclusive by Lorna Knowles, ABC Investigations and Siobhan Heanue, South Asia correspondent Source:\u00a0ABC news PHOTO:\u00a0Cows on Lammermoor Estate in Sri Lanka were part of the Australian export program.\u00a0(ABC News: Siobhan Heanue) Hundreds of Australian and New Zealand cattle have died in 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