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| Guardian 1.3.10 "BATTERY COWS JIBE GREETS £40MILLION INDOOR DAIRY FARM" | | Opposition is mounting to a plan to farm 8,100 cows in battery conditions at Britain's largest indoor dairy complex in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire. The application is by Nocton Dairies. There are concerns about pollution & CO2. Animal welfare group Viva said that we have imprisoned chickens, ducks & turkeys in massive concrete sheds & now we will confine cows to dark sheds all their lives.
| | Ruth Valerio 01/03/2010 18:34 | |
Why do we need more cows? There are already enough farmers struggling to make a living from dairying these days. Besides, if we are supposed to be aiming to reduce our animal product intakes, surely there are enough cattle around already. That is on top of the shere cruelty of rearing pasture animals in confined spaces.
| I too would be concerned about the welfare of the animals, the CO2 and ?all that methane indoors? . The philosophy seems to be "How can we make more money?" rather than "how can we produce good quality food"
| Another response to the above:
http://www.ciwf.org.uk/news/beef_and_dairy_farming/not_so_super_dairy_feature.aspx
| Very helpful. I've used the link to write to my MP about this and would really encourage others to do the same.
| Did you see the piece on this on Countryfile? I though the champioining it had very weak answers - as you say David, it smacked completely of "How can we make more money?". I was also dissappointed about the lack of profile giving to animal welfare - the local objectors seemed more concerned about the traffic increases
| Guardian 14.4.10 "BATTERY FARM'S DAIRY PLANS PUT ON HOLD"
Nocton Dairies plans to 'battery' farm 8,100 dairy cows in Lincolnshire has been put on hold while "technical" issues are addressed. This follows protests by animal welfarists & environmentals.
| I agree that keeping cattle inside like this is to say the least, uncaring, but there is also another point - whatever happened to local and sustainable? the milk produced here will get driven all over the UK! All hail the local dairy. The problem is of course we would then all have to be content to pay more for our milk...
| If you are still concerned about the megamilk farm then go here http://www.38degrees.org.uk/no-megadairies
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