Talmud for Avodah Zarah 1:6

מְקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ לִמְכֹּר בְּהֵמָה דַקָּה לְגוֹיִם, מוֹכְרִין. מְקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ שֶׁלֹּא לִמְכֹּר, אֵין מוֹכְרִין. וּבְכָל מָקוֹם אֵין מוֹכְרִין לָהֶם בְּהֵמָה גַסָּה, עֲגָלִים וּסְיָחִים, שְׁלֵמִים וּשְׁבוּרִין. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה מַתִּיר בִּשְׁבוּרָה. וּבֶן בְּתֵירָה מַתִּיר בְּסוּס:

In a place where it was the custom to sell a small animal to idolators, they (are permitted to) sell. In a place where it was the custom not to sell, [where they were stringent with themselves, lest they come to sell a large one], they do not sell. And in all places it is not permitted to sell a large animal to them, [the rabbis having decreed (against it) lest he lend or rent his beast to an idolator (who might work with it on Shabbath), and a Jew is exhorted vis-à-vis the resting of his animal (on the Sabbath). And through sirsur (brokerage), which would not be confused with renting, the broker, not renting, it is permitted to sell it.] (And it is not permitted to sell them) calves or young asses, sound or broken. [For even the broken ones are fit for (some kind of) work, [e.g., grinding]. R. Yehudah permits (selling) an unsound beast. [And the halachah is not in accordance with R. Yehudah.] And Ben Betheirah permits (selling) a horse, [even a horse upon which the hunters ride the birds with which they hunt, holding that "a living being carries itself." And the Rabbis hold that it is only a human being that carries itself. Therefore, if it were used only for riding, then (selling) it is permitted. But to carry a different living thing other than a human being is forbidden. And the halachah is not in accordance with Ben Betheirah.]

Jerusalem Talmud Pesachim

HALAKHAH: Is it permitted to raise them⁷⁴Since it is forbidden to raise sheep and goats in the Land of Israel (Mishnah Bava qamma 7:10, Note 97), from where does one get them to sell them to a Gentile?? Rebbi Abba said, for example Mahir which is sixteen by sixteen mil⁷⁵The Mishnah permits to raise goats and sheep in places unfit for agriculture. Mahir is described in Eccl. rabba 1(34) as situated in the domain of the tribe of Reuben in Trans jordan, a country of sheep and goats (Num. 32:4 ). B. Z. Lurie (Sinai 83, 1978, pp. 24-29 finds Mahir in the Syrian village of Mahin, on the via Diocletiana from Syria to Iraq, on the border of the desert.. They wanted to say, he who said it is permitted to sell [says] it is permitted to leave it alone. But he who says, it is forbidden to sell [says] it is forbidden to leave it alone⁷⁶Gentiles are suspected of bestiality (Mishnah Avodah zarah 2:1).. Rebbi Jonah, Rebbi Eleazar in the name of Rav⁷⁷In the Babli, Avodah zarah 14b/15a, this is R. Eleazar’s statement opposing Rav.: Even one who says it is permitted to sell it [says] it is forbidden to leave it alone. What is the difference between selling and leaving alone? There, because he intends to sell it to him it is like the Gentile’s animal. But here it is the Jew’s animal and he is suspected about it.

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