Day 093 - 28 Feb 95 - Page 55
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2 Q. But that happens?
3 A. Where?
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5 Q. In the United States.
6 A. In the open?
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8 Q. On the open range.
9 A. Yes, of course, it could happen.
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11 Q. It does happen?
12 A. It does happen. That is not to say -- does it happen?
13 Yes, there are animals that get lost, that get sick and
14 untreated, yes. Anywhere in the world it can happen.
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16 Q. After several months on the range they are transported to
17 feed lots where they are fattened on grain which you have
18 agreed with.
19 A. Was that a question?
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is what we have understood the position to
22 be.
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24 MS. STEEL: Is it right that in a typical feed lot tens of
25 thousands of animals are crowded in together into areas
26 that are often muddy, fly infested and manure filled?
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let us break it down. What about crowded
29 first of all?
30 A. Crowding, they are concentrated, so what changes is
31 that instead of it being an extensive production, they are
32 now under an intensive production. They are in pens. It
33 is intensive. Your definition of "crowded", I do not know
34 what you mean by that. They are more animals per ----
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36 Q. I think probably "crowded" you have given some answers to
37 anyway. You were not suggesting that tens of thousands of
38 animals were in ----
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40 MS. STEEL: One pen.
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: --- one feed lot?
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44 MS. STEEL: No.
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46 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You are just looking over ----
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48 MS. STEEL: Yes, in one feed lot but, no, not in one pen.
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let us deal with that first of all. Can you
51 have so many pens together that you end up with tens of
52 thousands of cattle in one feed lot?
53 A. That is correct, you can.
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55 MS. STEEL: There are about 42,000 feed lots in 13 States, is
56 that right?
57 A. I do not have the exact numbers.
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59 Q. Would that sound about right?
60 A. No.
