Day 020 - 28 Jul 94 - Page 55


     
     1        your last paragraph on this, the amount of inaccurate
              shots was lower because the line speed was slower.  Is
     2        there any reason why the line speed cannot be slower in
              plant B or is it an economic consideration?
     3        A.  It is an economic consideration.
 
     4   MR. MORRIS:  I think that is all I have to say.
 
     5   MS. STEEL:  I have just one question on this, then I do not
              know whether ....
     6
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Are you going to the pigs then?
     7
         MS. STEEL:   After that, yes.
     8
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Ask your question on this, then we will have
     9        our five minute break before the pigs.
 
    10   MS. STEEL:  You mention in your statement that you could not
              see any back up gun at the stunning pen, that is right, is
    11        it not?
              A.  In plant B?
    12
         Q.   Yes.  So that means that it would not have been readily
    13        available?
              A.  That is likely.
    14
         Q.   That is something that is contrary to the codes of
    15        practice?
              A.  That is correct.
    16
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Once you fire one of these guns, that is it
    17        until you reload a cartridge in it, is it?
              A.  That is correct.
    18
         Q.   So if you do not have a back up gun you cannot immediately
    19        render another stun?
              A.  That is correct.
    20
         MS. STEEL:   Or if the gun misfired?
    21        A.  That is correct.
 
    22   Q.   Something like that, right.  So it is important to have
              the gun there ready?
    23        A.  That is correct.
 
    24   MS. STEEL:   That is it.
 
    25   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  Thank you.  We will take our break
              now. 
    26 
                             (Short Adjournment) 
    27
         MS. STEEL:   Talking about pigs, you said that pigs were weaned
    28        at three weeks, three weeks old?
              A.  Yes.
    29
         Q.   Is that natural?
    30        A.  By "natural" do you mean is that what would normally
              occur in a wild bore, feral wild bore, is that the meaning

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