Call for cattle export ban ‘reckless’

CALLS by self-proclaimed animal welfare groups to stop live cattle exports from Ireland were described by the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) leader Jackie Cahill as reckless.

Compassion in World Farming-Ireland joined a protest against calf exports at Dover Docks in England last weekend. It claimed a significant number of the calves exported through Dover to France and then by road to destinations on the continent are from the Republic of Ireland.

CIWF-UK and Kent against Live Exports, which organised the protest, called for a ban on the export of calves which, they claim, are not suited to long journeys.