Day 093 - 28 Feb 95 - Page 12
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2 THE WITNESS: But I do accept, and it goes back ------
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: When I say "pause" I mean pause. Am I to
5 think that there is any significance in it being classical
6 music rather than heavy metal, because you said "classical
7 music" rather than just "music"?
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9 MS. STEEL: I do not know.
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, you mean music really, do you not?
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13 MS. STEEL: It says Vivaldi, in particular.
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, I know, but I cannot believe -- I
16 will need some persuading that a chicken appreciates the
17 difference between Vivaldi and Mozart.
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19 MS. STEEL: I would imagine that somebody has done a study on
20 it.
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22 MR. RAMPTON: It is all very well for Ms. Steel to imagine. If
23 it is part of her case, she has to do a jolly sight more
24 than imagine.
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26 MS. STEEL: I am just asking the witness.
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Why not just start with music?
29 (To the witness): Do you think they enjoy listening to
30 music? It is well-established that gravely, mentally
31 handicapped human beings can respond beneficially to music,
32 no doubt about that. Is there any reason why a chicken
33 should not?
34 A. Yes, there is big reasons. Chickens will not, going
35 back to what I have spoken in the past, chickens are aware
36 about the environment but only the environment that they
37 are familiar with. If you raise a chicken with any type of
38 music, from heavy metal to classical music, and then change
39 that, then they will go back. If you go back and put it
40 back in the situation with or without music, they go back
41 to the music because that is what they are familiar with.
42 You, as a human, when you see it from a human perspective,
43 one could assume that they like music, but they really like
44 to go back to their familiar environment. That does not
45 mean that they like music.
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47 MS. STEEL: I am not sure if I am right on this, but I have a
48 vague memory of Dr. Gregory saying something about animals
49 being calmer if they heard music at the slaughterhouse or
50 something.
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Dig that up later, if you like. But you are
53 really just asking -- you do not have to contradict
54 Dr. Gomez with other evidence if it exists. You are really
55 finding what his view is.
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57 MS. STEEL: Have you ever heard of music being played at a
58 slaughterhouse to keep animals calmer?
59 A. Heard of it?
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