Top Tory witnesses calf slaughter

2 February 2000



Top Tory witnesses calf slaughter

CONSERVATIVE Party chairman Michael Ancram came face-to-face with the grim crisis facing the industry when he witnessed the slaughter of a day-old calf.

Ancram was out canvassing in the Welsh by-election at Ceredigion.

Farmer John Davies said the slaughter was a coincidence, not a publicity stunt.

• Scottish farmer shoots 16 calves, FWi, 27 August, 1999
• On-farm calf slaughter fear as CPAS ends, FWi, 16 July, 1999
• Calf prices set to plummet, FWi, 28 August, 1998
  
• The Times 02/02/2000 page 11