Nothing new in the campaigners' 'five freedoms'

摘要

What a difference a year makes! It has been a real jolt to the industry to witness first hand the voracity of the animal liberationalists and the acrimony among the general public to those of us who are (supposedly) 'exploiting food producing animalsfor the benefit of man" (Animal lib words - not mine), writes the chief executive of the RABDF, Philip Gilbert. We can huff and puff as much as we like at the total injustice and inaccuracy of many of the statements and accusations, but we must rememberthat keeping public confidence is, understandably, of key importance to the retailing supermarkets, It is therefore not surprising to see the major retailers now falling over themselves to bring out their respective animal welfare charters to protect their own name and the image of their product.