Electro-immobilisation ban on June 1
Agriculture and Food Minister Mary Coughlan made this clear in a written reply to a Dáil question by Kerry North TD Jimmy Deenihan. He had asked her to review plans to ban the process in the interest of safety for farmers and professionals working with animals.
Ms Coughlan said the Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council asked the Animal Health and Welfare Scientific Advisory Committee in 2004 to evaluate the physical and psychological effects on farm animals subjected to this procedure and to furnish a view. The committee examined all aspects and recommended that the practice should be prohibited. Her department sought the considered views of all relevant stakeholders on the recommendation.
