Debate contribution: Cattle Cull: Fivemiletown
Debate contribution by Mr Andrew Muir on .
- MLA
- Mr Andrew Muir
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 7 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Cattle Cull: Fivemiletown
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5670055
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Daniel, I have seen enough to know that there needs to be an independent external review of the matter: that is why I have commissioned it. I get the public concern about it, and I have instructed that any further use of the humane slaughter team must be authorised by the Chief Veterinary Officer in advance of any deployment. I understand the concerns, and I am responding to them, but a lot of the commentary by others that I have seen has nothing to do with it. The commitment to animal welfare of some of those individuals is very distant. They are happy to see foxes ripped apart by dogs and want to see electric shock collars and choke chains applied to dogs. I do not mean you, but others. It is important that we distinguish between fact and fiction on the matter, and that is what I seek to do.
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