TRUTH OR DAIRY?

Dressed in orange jumpsuits and cow heads, animal rights activists struck out in protest against the first UK factory-style dairy farm. Gathering outside the headquarters of Defra on Wednesday (1st), around 100 campaigners launched the WSPA campaign, Not In My Cuppa, which will attempt to stop the resubmitting of the plans for the intensive dairy farm.

Despite cows being housed for 365 days a year in herds of unnaturally large sizes, in battery conditions, several prominent animal welfare charities, including the RSPCA, have said they are not worried by the proposal.

Local community groups in Lincolnshire near the proposed site are not just concerned about the welfare issues, but also the problems of waste and the environmental impact of the huge industrial site.

* See www.wspa.org.uk/latestnews/2010/WSPA_launches_not_in_my_cuppa.aspx