Day 110 - 29 Mar 95 - Page 04
1 there to collect photographic evidence and to witness the
2 conditions that chickens are transported in.
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4 Q. Were all of you like-minded, what I think the Defendants
5 call animal welfarists?
6 A. Yes.
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8 Q. Yes, how many were you that went?
9 A. It is hard for me to remember exactly; I would say
10 about 30.
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12 Q. About 30?
13 A. Yes.
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15 Q. Did some people take photographs then?
16 A. Yes, they did.
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18 Q. What happened to those photographs?
19 A. Well, Co-ordinating Animal Welfare -- the films and
20 photographs that were taken were sent to them to be used.
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22 Q. Sorry, please, it is my fault. I cannot hear you very
23 well.
24 A. The photographs and films that were taken on that day
25 were handed over to Co-ordinating Animal Welfare for their
26 use for them to do whatever they wanted to do with.
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28 Q. You do not know what happened to those films and
29 photographs after that?
30 A. No, I do not.
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32 Q. Are you a member of this group, Co-ordinating Animal
33 Welfare?
34 A. Not a member, no.
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36 Q. Have you had a long interest in animal welfare?
37 A. I have, yes.
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39 Q. Was there more than one lorry or just one lorry that you
40 saw?
41 A. Just one lorry.
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43 Q. Was the lorry driven? Did it have a driver?
44 A. Yes, it did.
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46 Q. Did he show any reaction to 30 of you inspecting his lorry
47 with the birds on it?
48 A. Well, I did not take any notice of what the driver was
49 doing because I was intent on looking at the conditions of
50 the chickens.
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52 Q. Were all 30 of you crowded around the lorry looking at the
53 chickens or what?
54 A. People were involved in different activities. Most of
55 them were going up to the sides of the lorry to look at all
56 of the cages and some of them around at the back of the
57 lorry, some were round at the side.
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59 Q. What time of day was it when you arrived there?
60 A. I cannot remember, but I think it was around mid-day.
