Gloria
2007-11-19 11:20:29 UTC
Supermarkets Slammed Over Goat Cruelty
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/pr_factory/ALL/1700//
Posted 19 November 2007
An undercover investigation by Animal Aid has revealed the shocking
suffering of goats on farms whose milk and cheeses are sold by leading
supermarkets. The campaign group visited three goat farms - in
Somerset, Monmouthshire and Yorkshire - during October and November
2007 and were horrified at the scenes they witnessed.
At one farm, a mother lay dead in the dirt with a bullet in her head.
Her newborn kid huddled beside her body. A second shot goat lay
alongside the pair.
A second visit to this farm revealed scenes equally tragic. Pregnant
goats were penned with nursing mothers. On the dirty straw at their
feet, lay two dead kids, either stillborn or who perished shortly
after birth. No farmer or vet was in attendance. This farm says it
sends its unwanted kids to the local hunt kennels for hound-feed.
Some goats - at farms supplying Sainsbury, Tesco and Waitrose - had
grotesquely distended udders which left them unable to walk or stand
properly, while young kids at the Welsh farm had recently undergone
disbudding, a painful procedure acknowledged by one industry
authority to be dangerous and life-threatening.
Goats at all three farms are zero grazed - an industry term meaning
permanently confined. At the largest goat farm in the country, 3,500
goats are confined all year round.
Says Animal Aid Head of Campaigns, Kate Fowler-Reeves:
The public is being conned into believing that goats milk and cheese
are sophisticated, humane alternatives to dairy products from cows.
But behind the cheerful labels, lies a story of vile and inexcusable
animal cruelty.'
Dead kids alongside pregnant and nursing mothers, a kid abandoned to
die, mothers shot and dumped, the shocking filth, squalor and cramped
conditions of factory farms, and the fact that these intelligent,
inquisitive creatures are denied all freedom, gives the lie to
supermarket claims that animal welfare matters to them.'
Dont be fooled. Boycott goat products.
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/pr_factory/ALL/1701//
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http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/pr_factory/ALL/1700//
Posted 19 November 2007
An undercover investigation by Animal Aid has revealed the shocking
suffering of goats on farms whose milk and cheeses are sold by leading
supermarkets. The campaign group visited three goat farms - in
Somerset, Monmouthshire and Yorkshire - during October and November
2007 and were horrified at the scenes they witnessed.
At one farm, a mother lay dead in the dirt with a bullet in her head.
Her newborn kid huddled beside her body. A second shot goat lay
alongside the pair.
A second visit to this farm revealed scenes equally tragic. Pregnant
goats were penned with nursing mothers. On the dirty straw at their
feet, lay two dead kids, either stillborn or who perished shortly
after birth. No farmer or vet was in attendance. This farm says it
sends its unwanted kids to the local hunt kennels for hound-feed.
Some goats - at farms supplying Sainsbury, Tesco and Waitrose - had
grotesquely distended udders which left them unable to walk or stand
properly, while young kids at the Welsh farm had recently undergone
disbudding, a painful procedure acknowledged by one industry
authority to be dangerous and life-threatening.
Goats at all three farms are zero grazed - an industry term meaning
permanently confined. At the largest goat farm in the country, 3,500
goats are confined all year round.
Says Animal Aid Head of Campaigns, Kate Fowler-Reeves:
The public is being conned into believing that goats milk and cheese
are sophisticated, humane alternatives to dairy products from cows.
But behind the cheerful labels, lies a story of vile and inexcusable
animal cruelty.'
Dead kids alongside pregnant and nursing mothers, a kid abandoned to
die, mothers shot and dumped, the shocking filth, squalor and cramped
conditions of factory farms, and the fact that these intelligent,
inquisitive creatures are denied all freedom, gives the lie to
supermarket claims that animal welfare matters to them.'
Dont be fooled. Boycott goat products.
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/pr_factory/ALL/1701//
pam the SPAMMERS send an email to ***@urfreesim.co.uk