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"Madam President, when we are talking about animal welfare in Europe we have got a real clash of cultures, haven’t we? Because in Mediterranean countries they still find it fun to watch bulls fighting one another and bulls being baited. Now, you could say: when in Rome, do as the Romans do, and I might take that attitude. Unfortunately, because of the way the CAP works, British taxpayers are subsidising this activity. They are subsidising it because they are paying area aid on land that is being used to rear bulls for bullfighting and bull-baiting.
I realise that this has been in the legislation – there have been amendments about it – but as yet, as far as I know, there has been no concrete legislation that says British taxpayers’ money must not be used for this – not that I suppose that would ever happen. But I should just warn you that there is a referendum coming up in Britain fairly soon on EU membership, and there is nothing that makes Europhiles squirm more than being reminded that they, with their taxes, are supporting bull-baiting and bullfighting.
Now we move on to another subject, and that is wild stray dogs in Romania, which are apparently being shot and killed one way or another. That is an animal welfare issue, but I am more concerned about what happens to these dogs once they have been killed in whatever ways they are being killed. Are they buried? Well that would upset the EU because of the environmental rules about burying dead animals. Are they being incinerated? Well that will upset all you global warmers because of the CO2 that is going into the atmosphere. Are they being rendered down with abattoir waste to be spread as meat and bonemeal fertilizer, or are they actually being put into animal rations as a protein element? I mean, I would not put this past anybody, because it goes on in south-east Asia.
But these dogs carry rabies; we understand about 20% of them have got rabies. That is zoonotic – that means human beings can get it, and those human beings could come to Britain because the borders are open. So, what better reason to close the borders than rabies?"@en1
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