Day 093 - 28 Feb 95 - Page 28
1 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, he has to finish his answer.
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3 MR. MORRIS: I wanted to clarify what he means by "lying".
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5 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let him finish. Ask another question now
6 because there has been the interruption.
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8 MR. MORRIS: I am sorry for that.
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10 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, it is very easy to come in before an
11 answer is finished.
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13 MR. MORRIS: It was a bit of an extreme statement.
14 (To the witness): So when have they lied, the Humane
15 Society of the United States?
16 A. When they publish things that are not true, they lie.
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18 Q. Have you any example of something they have published that
19 is not true?
20 A. I have seen -- not with me, I have not -- I do not keep
21 those examples in my desk.
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23 Q. This article, by the way, that was being looked at before
24 was published in the Humane Society of the US magazine, as
25 far as we know, and no doubt Clare Druce will enlighten us
26 all.
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28 MR. RAMPTON: While we are on that, I notice that it is
29 incomplete, so if Ms. Druce is going to produce this and
30 seek to rely on it, I should like to have the whole of it.
31 The same is true of the other article from the Atlanta
32 Journal which is also incomplete.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. If you can get the whole of the
35 article; obviously, from where the photocopied parts finish
36 there is more to come, so if you can get the complete
37 articles it would be helpful.
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39 MS. STEEL: How are chickens gathered for slaughter?
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We are in the US now?
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43 MS. STEEL: In the USA.
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We are talking about broilers?
46 A. Usually, they go at night or very, very early in the
47 morning when it is still dark.
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49 MS. STEEL: Before we go any further, can you talk about
50 McDonald's suppliers?
51 A. Yes, OK. Then they are hand-picked and they are placed
52 in a cage and then they are loaded in a truck.
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54 Q. Hold on. How are they hand-picked?
55 A. By the shackles. Can you be more specific. By hand.
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57 Q. Yes, but how are the chickens picked up? Are they picked
58 up by the body or the neck?
59 A. No, they go after the shackles, that is what it is.
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