Campaigners get message across
CAMPAIGN group Compassion In World Farming has taken its message out on the road by advertising on the side of buses.
The charity is opposing plans to create a new super-dairy at Nocton, near Lincoln, with 8,100 cows.
Compassion In World Farming, which supports animal welfare, raised more than £3,000 to pay for the campaign.
The group's campaign manager Pat Thomas said: "Every child knows cows belong in fields. Hundreds of residents objected to the initial plans for a 'mega-dairy' earlier this year, but now that a re-submission of the plans is imminent, Compassion is encouraging the local communities to, once again, do all they can to contest the plans.
"If this huge dairy gets the go- ahead, there would be more cows kept indoors for most of their lives than the number of inhabitants from Nocton and Dunston put together.
"It would also open the floodgates for similar factory farms all over the UK."
Picture: John Jenkins Ref: LIJJ20101027B-021_C
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Comments
by margaret rutter, Bolton BL6 4JF
Wednesday, December 22 2010, 10:54PM
“Once again the people of england have too object against this american style abomination being set up in our fair land where cows are allowed to roam and graze freely.
Does this Peter Willes not get the message that his Mega dairy is not wanted anywhere in Britain. I will object to the planning office and I sincerely hope that I am joined by every sane minded person in objecting against this dairy as well. For the sake of our health and the inviroment we should all object.
Thank you for printing this letter.”