Day 104 - 15 Mar 95 - Page 62
1 Q. Would that include shots of inside a broiler house, the
2 slaughter process, catching?
3 A. No.
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5 Q. No?
6 A. I do not think so, I cannot remember.
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8 MR. MORRIS: One more question on that document: You said that
9 the veal crates transport of 300,000 calves a year to
10 European countries for rearing calves using veal crates is
11 deemed to be cruel in the UK. Would you accept that?
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14 MR. RAMPTON: Would he accept what? That he said it or that it
15 is deemed to be?
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17 MR. MORRIS: Would you accept that it is deemed to be cruel in
18 the UK?
19 A. If I said it, then I said it, did not I?
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21 Q. Yes, but I have to ask you.
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think it does speak for itself.
24 I appreciate you are giving him a chance to agree with it
25 but ----
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27 MR. MORRIS: Would you say that it is not only deemed to be
28 cruel but it is cruel to rear calves in veal crates? Do
29 you believe that it is cruel?
30 A. I made that comment following the Farm Animal Welfare
31 Council Report.
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33 Q. Yes. Do you agree with them that it is cruel?
34 A. Yes, but what relevance is that?
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It may go back to dairy cattle but do not
37 start arguing about what is relevant as well or we will
38 might just as well go out and ask the first parking metre.
39 Just allow me to say what is relevant and what is not.
40 A. At that time, which was two years ago, all I was
41 highlighting was the situation which has now been brought
42 to massive public attention which I think speaks for
43 itself.
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45 MS. STEEL: The employees that are hanging birds on the line for
46 slaughter, they get about between 2 and 3 seconds for each
47 bird, do they not?
48 A. Yes.
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50 Q. So there is no time for doing the job, you know, picking
51 the birds up very carefully, and hanging them gently, and
52 what have you?
53 A. The correct method for the job has already been
54 described and disclosed. It is our management duty to make
55 sure those people do the job correctly.
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57 Q. I am not sure whether we have had this or not but I have
58 not got it crossed off my list.
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60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Ask if you are not sure.
