[Margaret Pilkington]

And the farmers would continue to keep animals if we all went vegetarian.
I admire your conviction, and applaud your choice, ah, yes choice....we all have that option.
I choose to eat meat. I haven't any control over the way animals are reared and slaughtered......and choosing not to eat meat is not a viable way to improve an animals life or death.

There was a farmer on North West Tonight last night.....he was a sheep farmer.....he had 400 sheep..... he had names for all of them.....he was leaving his farm and selling the sheep..... he had tears in his eyes and said they were all different to him... though they all looked the same to us. Don't tell me he was cruel to them, because it was obvious that he loved his flock. He may be in a minority, but somehow I don't think so.