Thursday 9 November

Lorry full of cattle overturned in Lincolnshire

A total of 12 cows died last week when the lorry transporting them overturned in Lincolnshire. Nine of the animals were killed in the incident on Thursday 9 November and three others had to be humanely destroyed. The driver and his passenger escaped with minor injuries.

A vet was called to the scene of the accident at about 10.30pm to attend to the injured animals. Some of the cows, which were about a year old, were trapped under the lorry and emergency services spent four hours freeing them from the wreckage. The remaining cattle were transferred onto another truck to continue their journey to a farming business some 20 miles away.

The lorry overturned on the A158 between Langton by Wragby and Hatton and the road was closed until 5am the following morning, while the dead cattle were removed and the lorry recovered.

CIWF contacted DEFRA, SVS, Lincolnshire police and Lincolnshire local council. We’ll keep the blog updated.

Dover Demos

Kent Against Live Exports (KALE) hold monthly demos on the first Saturday of each calendar month, the next being on 2nd December. CIWF will be present and look forward to seeing you down there. These demos are held between 12pm-3pm at Eastern Docks Roundabout. Please contact KALE's information news line on 01304 204688 for more information.

CIWF Campaign Officer, Angelique Davies, says: "Demonstrations in Dover are a positive way of showing unity against the despicable resumption of live calf exports from the UK. It is an opportunity to show that ten years may have passed but the protestors have not gone away.”

Shipments

Increasingly bad weather conditions are causing shipment delays and cancellations.

Shipments expected this week

Tuesday 14 November, Wednesday and Friday. High winds are expected this week.