The beginning of the end of live exports?
- 14 June 2013 09:25233172And here's the little tub coming into Dover.
- 14 June 2013 09:37233175you're keeping a close eye on it neil, the owners are very reticent to give out details for some reason.
- 14 June 2013 09:45233178Can't think why
The trade is all legal and totally above board unecessary of course, but totally legal and the animals are, of course, kept in the lap of luxury even if most of them are past their prime and no good for human consumption or are destined for the veal pens that are illegal in this country 
- 26 June 2013 21:08235060the "joline" is due in at 8 a.m on the morrow - protestors will be there 2 hours in advance of that.
- 25 August 2013 10:01241860the situation seems to be worsening.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/east_kent_mercury/news/largest-shipment-of-animals-sails-5150 - 25 August 2013 10:22241863The 'Raging Bull' story shows that we humans do not always get things our own way. [WARNING:gory scenes]Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
- 8 September 2013 17:53243914the last shipment went across in the early hours of saturday morning after an interminable delay caused by the aycliffe incident.
i am reliably informed that the animals were in a highly distressed state after spending many hours on the road in traffic jams, and there were many injured amongst them. - 5 October 2013 15:09247221photo courtesy of clair hawkins, taken in the last hour outside the eastern docks entrance.
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
5 October 2013 15:13247222see some of them people with petions to be signed outside marks and spensers this morning.
just looked on the channel traffic thingy and the joline is still berthed in calias. - 5 October 2013 15:22247224they do it once a month on a set day brian in addition to the demonstrations when the death ship is in.
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
5 October 2013 17:01247227would that be the black watch or the bramar howard.
- 19 January 2014 10:16258205this story will not go away with the rspca not allowed to inspect at the port.
http://www.dover-express.co.uk/LIVE-EXPORTS-Just-inspection-100-lorries/story-20458793-detail/story.html#ixzz2qfhJwrHD - 13 February 2014 16:12260854this chap has got off lightly in my book.
http://www.dover-express.co.uk/Guilty-plea-animal-suffering-charges/story-20621903-detail/story.html - Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
13 February 2014 17:01260860the fines where a bit stiff though. - 13 February 2014 17:14260865I thought the fines extremely lenient. The maximum for chopping down protected trees is £20,000 per tree. The fines ought to have been sufficient to bankrupt the shippers, the transportation company and their management. Then we might see people realise this trade is not worth the risk.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- 13 February 2014 17:33260866fully agree peter, the fines were derisory in view of the level of cruelty involved.
undoubtedly he will be back at it again knowing that the chances of getting caught are remote due to the low levels of checks on the trucks. - 13 February 2014 19:15260880The fines are derisory and the suspended sentence grossly lenient...Ban this disgusting trade.
- 11 March 2014 07:47262060I saw the Joline mid channel yesterday on Chris T's CHANNEL TRAFFIC feature. I thought...here we go again with the nasty trade. But it veered off and went instead towards Ramsgate. It seems the Dover pier is under repair and so back the trade goes to Ramsgate from whence it came...but alas alas the move is only a temporary measure as I understand it.
They don't like the trade going on there either as you will have seen on the TV news...
* *
LAURA SANDYS MP
Sandys Vows to Fight On as Animal Exports Return to Ramsgate
News that exports of live animals from Ramsgate Port has resumed is met with condemnation from South Thanet MP Laura Sandys
As news broke this weekend that live animal exports are resuming from the Port of Ramsgate, South Thanet MP Laura Sandys vowed to continue her fight to stop the inhumane trade.
Speaking shortly after the revelation, she said: "I was appalled to hear that live animal exports have once again started from the Port of Ramsgate. Exporting live animals is a cruel practice, too often leading to tragedy as we saw with the massacre of 47 sheep in September and the subsequent conviction of the exporting company, Channel Livestock Ltd.
"I have worked incredibly hard to end the practice in Thanet, meeting with the Minister shortly after the September incident and holding a debate on the subject in the House of Commons.
"My commitment to this issue is unchanging, and I have demanded another meeting with the Minister as soon as possible. Though in the meantime we must put in place much more rigorous licensing requirements in light of the prosecutions last month, I will be fighting to get this trade banned"
email: dover7@msn.com - Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,888
11 March 2014 10:30262064This awful trade could end tomorrow if there was a law saying only animals used for breeding can be exported live, meat animals could easily be exported either frozen or chilled.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 11 March 2014 10:44262067Of course any campaign which has the backing of Laura Sandys is doomed to failure. I've always wondered why she didn't just do the right thing and join greenpeace or wwf instead of wasting a perfectly good seat in Parliament.
