Slaughterhouse loss ‘would be a disaster’
Monday 29th March 2010, 11:30AM BST.
The old slaughterhouse. Farmers say it must be replaced.
FARMERS say it is vital that the States starts thinking about building a new slaughterhouse.
Commerce and Employment announced last week that the current building on the Castle Emplacement would have to close in December 2012 because of non-compliance with European animal welfare laws.
That raised concerns among farmers and butchers because the project has not been included in the States Capital Prioritisation Scheme. It is feared that if something is not done soon, Guernsey could be left without an abattoir.
Pig farmer Jim Jamouneau said it would be disastrous if the industry was left without a facility. ‘The States now have to be committed to farmers and private owners to produce something soon,’ he said. ‘They can’t just leave farmers high and dry.
‘We need something that will be modern and I don’t even think that it even needs to be that big.’
Mr Jamouneau said a perfect place for a new building would be at Longue Hougue.
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Go vegetarian, then you dont need a slaughter house.
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Am I being a little bit too ‘modern capitalist society’ when I say; “if farmers and butchers want to profit from the services a slaughterhouse, then farmers and butchers invest in their own ‘bloody’ slaughterhouse”!
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Didnt think we were in the E,U, and who the hell asked them for their opinion anyway?
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These people, Not Guernsey; always seem keen to knock down our buildings , our heritage of when we were our own masters.
The old Prison, the many places we loved, now talk of the slaughter house.
Well how about getting rid of Albert on the pier, Vicky in Candie, and any other Empire baubles that intimidates us. Let our people go-
And to those who say xenophobia, then with good reason, we are not afraid of you, or dislike you as such; but we do dislike your ways of assuming you own all that you survey.
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