Post by Bonobo on Jul 6, 2019 19:08:27 GMT 1
Polish free-roaming cows escape slaughterhouse after public outcry Animal rights activists said the order to kill the cows was an outrage, given more humane possible solutions A herd of free-roaming cows in Poland, whose intended slaughter upset animal-lovers and created a national outcry, have secured a last-minute reprieve.
Likened to sacred cows in India by their owners, the 180 cattle wandered fields in the western municipality of Deszczno for years. But Poland's chief veterinary officer declared them a danger to health and safety earlier this month. Animal rights activists said the order to kill them was an outrage, given more humane possible solutions. "The cows from Deszczno will not be slaughtered. Instead they will be isolated in a state-run farm,"
Poland's Agriculture Minister Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski said on Wednesday, according to state news agency PAP, concluding a national mini-drama. Even President Andrzej Duda had his say, urging a "happy solution" before news broke of the cows' stay of execution. "I am certain they will find it, even though EU rules call for the killing of these animals. Poles can do it!" he tweeted. (http://www.tvn24.pl)
A herd of about 180 free-roaming cows in Poland must be slaughtered, authorities have ruled, to the dismay of activists fighting to save them as a cause celebre for animal rights. A herd of 170 cows is to be killed. Left to wander fields in the western municipality of Deszczno for years, the cows are a threat to public safety and the health of other animals because they have not had proper checks, Poland's chief veterinary officer has ruled. The owners of the cows, who are twin brothers, left them to roam and breed unsupervised, comparing them in one interview to revered holy cows in India. "I have instructed the veterinary services that they have to clean up these cows," Minister of Agriculture Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski said earlier this month. The slaughter would cost about 350,000 zlotys ($91,000), local media reported. Animal rights campaigners have been staging protests and kicking up a fuss on social media. "There will be a terrible roar of great pain ... It's very cruel," said Anna Dryglas, from the Society for the Care of Animals, imagining the animals' suffering at being loaded up for the slaughterhouse. (http://www.tvn24.pl)
Free cows!
Likened to sacred cows in India by their owners, the 180 cattle wandered fields in the western municipality of Deszczno for years. But Poland's chief veterinary officer declared them a danger to health and safety earlier this month. Animal rights activists said the order to kill them was an outrage, given more humane possible solutions. "The cows from Deszczno will not be slaughtered. Instead they will be isolated in a state-run farm,"
Poland's Agriculture Minister Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski said on Wednesday, according to state news agency PAP, concluding a national mini-drama. Even President Andrzej Duda had his say, urging a "happy solution" before news broke of the cows' stay of execution. "I am certain they will find it, even though EU rules call for the killing of these animals. Poles can do it!" he tweeted. (http://www.tvn24.pl)
A herd of about 180 free-roaming cows in Poland must be slaughtered, authorities have ruled, to the dismay of activists fighting to save them as a cause celebre for animal rights. A herd of 170 cows is to be killed. Left to wander fields in the western municipality of Deszczno for years, the cows are a threat to public safety and the health of other animals because they have not had proper checks, Poland's chief veterinary officer has ruled. The owners of the cows, who are twin brothers, left them to roam and breed unsupervised, comparing them in one interview to revered holy cows in India. "I have instructed the veterinary services that they have to clean up these cows," Minister of Agriculture Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski said earlier this month. The slaughter would cost about 350,000 zlotys ($91,000), local media reported. Animal rights campaigners have been staging protests and kicking up a fuss on social media. "There will be a terrible roar of great pain ... It's very cruel," said Anna Dryglas, from the Society for the Care of Animals, imagining the animals' suffering at being loaded up for the slaughterhouse. (http://www.tvn24.pl)
Free cows!
