In response to RTÉ documentary, Charlie McConalogue says vast majority of calves treated with respect in dairy sector
Speaking at the launch of the Dublin Horse Show at the RDS on Tuesday, Mr McConalogue said: “These instances [of alleged animal abuse] happened and they’re intolerable and they’ll be fully investigated. But we’ll also be looking at what steps should be taken to make sure that these types of things can’t happen again.”
“What we shouldn’t lose sight of here is that in the vast, vast majority of instances, animals are treated, and rightfully so, with full respect and that has certainly been my own experience with my own eyes over my lifetime, and currently, too. I’d be in and out of marts all of the time, not just in a ministerial capacity,” he said.said the State’s “18,000 dairy farmers were not culpable for abuses perpetrated by a few”.
He said the department carries out “many random inspections” in relation to Irish marts. More than 1,000 of these have been undertaken since the start of 2021, with 96 revealing breaches of animal welfare legislation. When asked how many of these breaches had resulted in fines or convictions, the Minister was unable to give an exact figure.
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