Day 088 - 13 Feb 95 - Page 67
1 A. Yes. Well, yes, but is that not strictly so.
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What, as soon as she is taken away from the
4 boar she could go into one of these?
5 A. Yes.
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7 MS. STEEL: Then she would remain there until when?
8 A. Until she goes to the farrowing crate.
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10 Q. That is, you said, three months three weeks three days?
11 A. That is right.
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13 Q. The sow cannot turn round in that dry sow stall?
14 A. No, unfortunately not.
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16 Q. Do any of your suppliers use the tether stall?
17 A. No, it is a tether.
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19 Q. A tether?
20 A. Yes, there is a difference. To my knowledge not.
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22 Q. Have they ever used them?
23 A. Yes.
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25 Q. When was that? When did that stop?
26 A. Tethers have been eliminated very quickly over the last
27 10 years.
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29 Q. So they have been using them within the last 10 years?
30 A. Some people have.
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32 Q. What, about within the last five years?
33 A. Some people have but I would not like you to refer that
34 to our suppliers because we have been very strict.
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. The question is about your suppliers.
37 You said to your knowledge none of your suppliers used
38 tethers?
39 A. Yes.
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41 Q. Then you were asked whether they have been using them
42 within the last 10 years?
43 A. Sorry, I thought that was nationally. I beg your
44 pardon.
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46 Q. My understanding was that related to your suppliers?
47 A. Yes, I had given the answer that none of our suppliers
48 are in the tethers in the first answer, sir.
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50 Q. Yes, but what about 10 years ago?
51 A. 10 years ago?
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53 Q. Your suppliers ----
54 A. Our suppliers, extremely few. It is something we as a
55 company have always been against.
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57 MS. STEEL: Something like 10 per cent or what?
58 A. I would not like to comment on it because we as a
59 family have always been against tethers.
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