Jiglu: Farmtalking: Discussion: RE: Put Animal Welfare At The Top Of Your Shopping List

Originally from: Pat Gardiner

Hi Coleen

Yes, it was pretty bad. Mathew's press advertisements trying to blame everyone else were pretty nauseating too.

The problem seems to lie in the quality of the people they employ. Put politely, many are not very bright.

Now, I'm all for giving the disadvantaged a job, but you do have to make sure that there is adequate supervision.

Mathews has moved much of his production to Eastern Europe, I understand.

Personally, I blame the State Veterinary Service for not doing their job – and the RSPCA for doing a job they should not be doing, very badly and unfairly too.

Having a charity undertake control and prosecutions is ridiculous. They are far too interested in the money and prancing about on TV in uniforms.

Their squeals of glee when they have successfully prosecuted some poor elderly sick eccentric farmer for neglect, stand badly against their obvious pandering to big business and the overlooking of far more serious incidents.

The whole area of animal health and prevention of cruelty needs a very thorough review.

Britain is like Ruritania on the matter.

Regards
Pat Gardiner
www.go-self-sufficient.com

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Originally from: Coleen Taylor [...] Sent: 21 September 2006 09:40
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Subject: Re: [farmtalking] Put Animal Welfare At The Top Of Your Shopping List
What about the Turkeys on a Bernard Mathews site...two men used them as baseballs and whacked them up into the air and then kicked them as they came down.
How can people stuff their faces with this meat – when cruelty like this is happening somewhere everyday.
'Freedom' what freedom?
Coleen
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Originally from: "Pat Gardiner" <...>
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Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:19 AM
Subject: RE: [farmtalking] Put Animal Welfare At The Top Of Your Shopping List
Freedom Food?
Didn't do these pigs much, good did it?
The allegation, made by another employee, although not repeated here, was
that the pigs were boiled alive
Dalehead belong to Freedom Food.
http://www.npa-uk.net/
September 21
Welfare was not compromised
RSPCA has confirmed that it has visited Dalehead Foods in response to
claims
that pigs were made to suffer unnecessarily at the abattoir in Linton,
Cambridgeshire.
But there is no proof the animals' welfare was compromised, as stunning
standards exceed the minimum amp and time level and can, themselves,
result
in the pig's death, it says.
The allegations were that, on two occasions, pigs had been placed into a
vat
of water after being stunned, without first having their throats cut.
In May 2006 Dalehead Foods was obliged to suspend and retrain an employee
who had not followed mandatory procedures at its site in Linton. A state
veterinary surgeon would have confirmed that the employee was able to be
reinstated with his licence after retraining.
Following the report of a further breach in September 2006 by the same
employee, Dalehead Foods invoked disciplinary proceedings, the outcome of
which was the termination of the employee's contract.
RSPCA inspectors are satisfied that these were isolated incidents and that
the organisation acted correctly upon learning of the employee's actions.
Regards
Pat Gardiner
www.go-self-sufficient.com
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Sent: 20 September 2006 23:15
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Subject: [farmtalking] Put Animal Welfare At The Top Of Your Shopping List
Wednesday 20 September 2006
Farm Animal Week kicks off on Monday 25 September. Organised by the
RSPCA's
Freedom Food scheme the week aims to raise greater awareness amongst
consumers of the importance of good farm animal welfare.
Date: 20/09/2006
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