Day 090 - 16 Feb 95 - Page 17
1 MS. STEEL: Yes.
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I do not think that is -- that may not be the
4 situation you particularly have in mind here, but it is an
5 attempt to illustrate it. I do not think you need go
6 scouring through transcripts just to look for every moment
7 when you might have to do that. If you have something in
8 your mind at the moment, then just put it.
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10 MS. STEEL: Right.
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12 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You can ask on reflection does he share
13 Dr. Gregory's view; you could ask him is that a view that a
14 perfectly respectable expert would be entitled to come to
15 -- put it any way you want.
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17 MS. STEEL: Right. Dr. Gregory actually said in evidence that
18 the reason that he visited the Sun Valley hatchery was to
19 look at your macerator and see how good it was and to talk
20 to you, well, Sun Valley Poultry, I do not know whether it
21 was personally, about the problems of changing from carbon
22 dioxide to maceration. Are you aware of that?
23 A. No, I was not involved in his visit to the hatchery or
24 the discussions that took place there.
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26 Q. Were you aware of plans to change from carbon dioxide to
27 maceration?
28 A. No, I was not.
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30 Q. Has that ever been discussed?
31 A. It has been discussed in the past, but I was not aware
32 of anything recently.
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34 Q. When was it discussed in the past?
35 A. At various times. Various times when I visit the
36 hatchery, I look at the process that they are using and
37 I have always been satisfied that we should maintain the
38 process as it has always stood.
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40 Q. So was there somebody else at Sun Valley who felt it might
41 be better to change?
42 A. I cannot answer that, I do not know.
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44 Q. When you were discussing it within Sun Valley, presumably,
45 there was some reason for discussing it. I mean, if you
46 all felt -----
47 A. Normally, on something like that people would ask my
48 opinion and I would give it, and my opinion was that the
49 gasing should continue as it has always been done.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think what you are being asked, directly or
52 indirectly, is has there been concern among people at Sun
53 Valley or of anyone at Sun Valley in the past that there is
54 a better, a more humane method?
55 A. That may be so, but I really do not recall any
56 particular discussions that went along those lines.
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58 MS. STEEL: Dr. Gregory actually says that Sun Valley Poultry,
59 people at Sun Valley Poultry, were very receptive to his
60 comments, but you do not know anything about that, you say?
