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Dover live exports demo

Jon | 10.11.2005 19:55 | Animal Liberation | South Coast

WITH exports of live sheep resuming from Dover Harbour in Kent, monthly demos are being held by animal welfare campaigners.

There is a info line on 01304 204688 and the next protest is scheduled to happen at Dover Harbour on Sat December 3, between 12 noon and 3pm.
Recent shipments have invovled a 'Fitted Livestock Vessel', which, according to the Welfare of Animals in Transport Order (WATO), means that when using one of these type of ships, the time spent during the crossing (for the animals) is classified as "Neutral Time" - ie counts neither as journey time or rest time.
It is only capable of carrying around 5,000 sheep, which have to be unloaded from the carrier trucks and individually walked onto the vessel.

Jon

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Disappointing Turnout...Again

03.12.2005 17:56

Well Jon, about 10 people turned up for the demo today. Yes, the weather was bad. However, where have all the people gone who supported these demos in past years? Why does no-one seem to give a shit any longer? It's just the same old people turning up month in, month out. Kent Action Against Live Exports are certainly still worth supporting as are other genuine grassroots animal rights campaigns like SPEAK and SHAC. Whether the same can be said for the alleged animal welfare organisation called Compassion in World Farming is another matter entirely. CIWF occasionally rides on the back of the KALE demos and arranges brief photo-opportunities for Dover's Neo-Labour MP...but as a mass membership organisation with vast funds you would have thought that some of their paid officials could get off their bums and support KALE at Dover every month. It's truly sick-making. It's as if all CIWF are interested in is celebrity events and raking in dosh from gullible animal welfare "consumers". Personally, I wouldn't support CIWF if you held a gun to my head. The CIWF magazine is rubbish. Perhaps if Joanna Lumley got her tits out, The Sun might donate a few quid.

Twopenny Nutting