At 00:08 30-01-2003 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Who would you rather believe: CNN or the sensationalist _The Sun_?http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003041504,00.htmlPIG farmers have been told they must put TOYS inside every sty - or serve up to three months in prison.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/01/29/uk.pigs.play/index.html
LONDON, England -- A report that claimed British pigs would have to be supplied with toys to keep them content has been described as "utter eurosceptic rubbish" by European Union officials.
It had been reported that UK pig farmers would have to supply toys to pigs or face fines up to �2,500 under an EU directive.
But EU and UK officials knocked down the report, saying that under EU legislation on pig welfare, the animals only need to be given such rooting materials as straw, hay, wood, sawdust, compost or peat.
Jeroen "Europe Rulez!" van Baardwijk
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