§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many hauliers were prosecuted for cruelty to animals they were exporting in each year since 1989; and how many of those prosecutions proved successful in each year.
§ Mrs. BrowningThe information is not available in this detail.
§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will show, by type, the number of animals exported for slaughter in each year since 1985, with the expected figures for 1994.
§ Mrs. BrowningThe available information is given in the following tables, excluding 1993 for which no figures were available.
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1990 1991 1992 1994 (to November) 1. Immediate Slaughter Cattle 175 154 115 6,662 Sheep 186,038 196,870 326,777 81,760 Pigs — 3,297 691 7,201 Goats — — 150 1 Totals 186,213 200,321 327,733 95,624 2. Further Fattening Cattle 284 187 40 — Calves 338,806 399,599 420,620 500,530 Sheep 302,871 576,632 1,046,880 966,373 Pigs — 9,963 1,911 11,570 Goats — — — 2 Totals 641,961 986,381 1,469,451 1,478,475 Source:
Annual Reports of the Chief Veterinary Officer; ANIMO figures for 1994 January-November.