UK gardening - Re: Pigs Boiled Alive

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Re: Pigs Boiled Alive

Geoff

2006-09-25, 9:25 am

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:45:19 +0100, "Pat Gardiner"
<patgardiner@btinternet.com> wrote:

>Pat's Note: It is worth giving both the local news report - and the NPA's
>take on these incidents.
>
>Aside from an obvious lack of supervision in the workplace, my concerns rest
>on the involvement of the SVS and the appropriateness of the sponsors of
>"Freedom Foods" as investigators.
>
>Dalehead are members of Freedom Foods and as such pay the RSPCA very large
>sums of money for the privilege.
>
>It seems very wrong by any standards. Can we be sure that their judgement
>was not influenced by the money?
>
>Both Freedom Foods and the RSPCA have taken a lot of criticism in recent
>years and they will be getting a lot more if they continue to take money
>from the same people they are investigating for animal cruelty allegations.
>
>http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/new...a09a761ae1f.lpf
>
>Boiled alive
>A SLAUGHTERHOUSE is being investigated by the RSPCA after two pigs were
>boiled alive.
>
>The abattoir in Cambridge Road, Linton, is run by Dalehead Foods, which
>claims to be the largest independent pork processor in the UK.
>
>Now the RSPCA is investigating cruelty claims after a member of staff at the
>abattoir, who asked to remain anonymous, claimed two pigs had been put into
>a tank of scalding water while still alive.
>
>He said: "The pigs come to the abattoir and we stun them, then stick them -
>cut their throats - before they go into a tank of boiling water to get rid
>of the bristles.
>"Twice last week they weren't stuck properly, and the pigs went into the
>tank alive, burning them.
>
>"It's really cruel. The pigs went into a hot burning tank and it is no
>different from if you or me went into boiling water, it burned them and they
>went a funny colour."
>
>A spokesman for Dalehead Foods confirmed pigs had been put into the water
>tank without being properly slaughtered on two occasions, once last week and
>in another incident in May, and said the member of staff involved had now
>been sacked.
>
>He said: "In May Dalehead Foods was obliged to suspend and retrain an
>employee who had not followed mandatory procedures at its site at Linton,
>Cambridgeshire.
>
>"Following the report of a further breach this month by the same employee
>Dalehead Foods invoked disciplinary proceedings, the outcome of which was
>the termination of the employee's contract. Further investigation confirmed
>that these incidents are isolated."
>
>The company was established in 1969, employs 1,600 people and has annual
>sales of more than £200 million, and is part of a group which operates more
>than 250 farms, mostly in East Anglia, with more than 25,000 breeding sows.
>
>The company's spokesman added: "Dalehead Foods is committed to the highest
>standards of animal welfare.
>
>"The Linton site operates to the RSPCA Freedom Foods standard in addition to
>being independently audited by a number of other factory accreditation
>bodies.
>
>"The procedures in place exceed minimum statutory requirements."
>
>A spokeswoman for the RSPCA confirmed a complaint had been lodged and said
>an inspector would be visiting the abattoir.
>
>Joan Court, a veteran animal rights campaigner of Sturton Street, Cambridge,
>said: "Pigs are extremely intelligent animals and they suffer enough being
>stunned - there is no such thing as humane slaughter.
>
>"The fact that pigs have gone into the scalding water alive is a terrible
>atrocity."
>
>A spokesman for animal welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming
>added: "It is very important that companies involved in the slaughter of
>animals make sure staff are properly trained."
>
>http://www.npa-uk.net/
>
>
>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.

Once again we see the CON in charity.

I'm sure Hillside and friends will be looking into this incident.

amacmil304@aol.com

2006-09-25, 9:25 am

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:19:59 +0100, Geoff <g23434ssd@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:45:19 +0100, "Pat Gardiner"
><patgardiner@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>
>Once again we see the CON in charity.
>
>I'm sure Hillside and friends will be looking into this incident.

I agree. The RSPCA has become too involved with the establishment and
overlook the killing and cruelty of many organisations. They are
trying to be everybody's friend and in that role they cannot protect
animals.

They have recently got into bed with the with the Woodland Trust in a
pet cemetery project and overlook the fact that the WT are wildlife
killers. Some way of protecting animals!

They've had their last cents from us.

Angus Macmillan
www.roots-of-blood.org.uk
www.killhunting.org
www.con-servation.org.uk

All truth passes through three stages:
First, it is ridiculed;
Second, it is violently opposed; and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident.
-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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