HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2000-05-24, Page 9THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2000. PAGE 9.
____ Agriculture
Brussels Livestock report
2,548 head of cattle, 515 lambs on offer
Total receipts at Brussels
Livestock for the week ending May
19 were 2,548 head of cattle and 515
lambs and goats on offer.
Fed steers and heifers sold $1 to $2
lower. Cows sold steady. On
Thursday veal sold $4 to $5 higher
with lambs selling under pressure.
On Friday all classes of Stockers sold
on a very strong active trade.
There were 528 steers on offer
selling from $102 to $108 with sales
to $118.25. One limousin steer
consigned by Keith Jacklin,
Bluevale weighing 1290 lbs. sold to
Holly Park Meat Packers for $ 118.25
with his overall offering of two
steers averaging 1,325 lbs. selling
for an average of $111.45. One gold
steer consigned by Ken and Joanne
Blackler, St. Marys, weighing 1,195
lbs. sold for an average of $116.50
with their overall offering of twelve
steers averaging 1,388 lbs. selling
for an average of $109.20.
Twelve steers consigned by Bill
Finkbeiner, Dashwood, averaging
1,278 lbs. sold for an average of
$111.19 with sales to $115. Twelve
steers consigned by Schmidt Brook
Farms Inc., Woodstock, averag-ing
1,535 lbs. sold for an average of
$109.88 with sales to $112.75. Four
steers consigned by Walter
McKenzie, Dublin, averaging 1,364
lbs. sold for an average of $108.75
with sales to $111.75. Fifty-two
steers consigned by D. M. McAlpine
Farms, Ailsa Craig, averaging 1,327
lbs. sold for an average of $108.73
with sales to $110.25.
Twenty steers consigned by Stan
Francis, Kirkton, averaging 1,331
lbs. sold for an average of $108.47
with sales to $108.47. Ten steers
consigned by Mary Blackler,
Kirkton, averaging 1,354 lbs. sold
for an average of $107.40 with sales
to $108.75. Fifty steers consigned by
Johnston Farms, Bluevale, averaging
1,410 lbs. sold for an average of
$105.54 with sales to $112.50.
Eleven steers consigned by
Springglad Farms Ltd., Kirkton,
averaging 1,271 lbs. sold for an
average of $105.24 with sales to
$112. Sixteen steers consigned by
Larry Ryan, Crediton, averaging
1,396 lbs. sold for an average of
$104.51 with sales to $112.25. Eight
steers consigned by Jamie Peam,
Mitchell, averaging 1,278 lbs. sold
for an average of $104.24 with sales
to $112.
There were 344 heifers on offer
selling from $102 to $108 with sales
to $114. One gold heifer consigned
by Sellers Farms, Bluevale,
weighing 1,275 lbs. sold to
Dominion Meat Packers for $114
with his overall offering of five
heifers averaging 1,259 lbs. selling
for an average of $110.41. Twenty-
nine heifers consigned by Powe
Farms Ltd., Centralia, averaging
1,227 lbs. sold for an average of
$105.84 with sales to $109. Twenty-
three heifers consigned by B & T
Farms, Ailsa Craig, averaging 1,121
lbs. sold for an average of $105.66
with sales to $107.50. Eleven heifers
consigned by Terry McCarthy,
Dublin, averaging 1,230 lbs. sold for
an average of $105.43 with sales to
$109.75.
Six heifers consigned by Noah
Weppler, Ayton, averaging 1,171 lbs.
sold for an average of $104.80 with
sales to $110. Ten heifers consigned
by Tom Hardy, Lucan, averaging
1,164 lbs. sold for an average of
$104.74 with sales to $112.75. Four
heifers consigned by Rolar Farms,
Atwood, averaging 1,349 lbs. sold
for an average of $104.48 with sales
to $109.75.
There were 243 cows on offer. D1
and D2 cows sold $58 to $63 with
sales to $85; D3, $54 to $58; D4, $45
to $50. Two holstein cows consigned
by Faramack Farm, Embro,
averaging 1,608 lbs. sold for an
average of $71.40 with sales to $85.
Three simmental cows consigned by
Bill Robinson, Auburn, averaging
1,442 lbs. sold for an average of
$76.52 with sales to $82. Two
limousin cows consigned by Les
Falconer, Clinton, averaging 1,415
lbs. sold for an average of $73.45
with sales to $78.
There were 24 bulls on offer
selling from $66.63 to $78 with sales
to $83.50. One Red Angus bull
consigned by John Van Loo,
Bluevale, weighing 1,770 lbs. sold
for $83.50. One blonde bull
consigned by Mike Henry,
Brampton, weighing 2,180 lbs. sold
for $82.50.
There were 180 veal on offer. Beef
sold $110 to $153; Holstein, $90 to
$105; Plain Holstein, $75 to $90.
Two veal consigned by Les
Robertson, Owen Sound, aver
aging 573 lbs. sold for an average
of $122.19 with sales to $142.
Six veal consigned by Carl
McLellan, Brussels, averaging 633
lbs. sold for an average of $99.30
with sales to $137.50. One white
heifer veal consigned by Don Eadie,
Wingham, weighing 665 lbs., sold for
$136.
Five red white faced heifers
consigned by Floyd Dudgeon,
Dobbington, averaging 1,278 lbs.
sold to Holly Park Meat Packers for
$113.50 with his overall offering of
forty-four heifers averaging 1,242
lbs. selling for an average of
$109.97. Six heifers consigned by
Leroy Gould, Exeter, averaging
1,223 lbs. sold for an average of
$ 109.11 with sales to $110.10. Two
heifers consigned by Jack R.
Nonkes, Auburn, averaging 1,075
lbs. sold for an average of $108.98
with sales to $112.50. Fourteen
heifers consigned by Mux Lea
Farms, Woodstock, averaging 1,344
lbs. sold for an average of $107.72
with sales to $110.75.
Lambs, under 50 lbs. sold $70 to
$157.50; 50 - 64 lbs., $135 to $165;
65 - 79 lbs., $145 to $160; 80 - 94
lbs., $146 to $156; 95 - 110 lbs.,
$138 to $147.
Sheep sold $46 to $100.
Goats sold $14 to $95 per head.
Steers, under 400 lbs., sold $ 140 to
$220; 400 - 499 lbs., $110 to $174;
500 - 599 lbs., $138 to $160; 600 -
699 lbs., $121 to $152; 700 - 799
lbs., $119 to $136.75; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$106 to $121.50; 900 lbs. and over,
$100.50 to $120.50.
Heifers, under 300 lbs., sold $101
to $205; 300 - 399 lbs., $133 to
$181; 400 - 499 lbs., $128 to $169;
500 - 599 lbs., $120 to $147; 600 -
699 lbs., $116.50 to $144.25; 700 -
799 lbs., $107 to $123; 800 - 899
lbs., $106 to $119.75; and 900 lbs.
and over, $89.50 to $122.
Fed. gov’t introduces new animal cruelty law
A dog suffocates to death with its
mouth taped shut. A cat dies
screaming in a microwave oven. A
horse collapses as it is being dragged
behind a farm wagon and is savagely
beaten with a slab of wood. A kitten
is hurled to the ground and its skull
deliberately stepped on and crushed.
According to the Canadian
Federation of Humane Societies
(CFHS), these are neither ' isolated
cases nor the most sensational ones
to come to its attention. Every year
humane societies and animal
protection organizations across
Canada receive thousands of
complaints of mind-numbing
mistreatment of animals.
Often there is little the authorities
can do about it. The section of the
Criminal Code that deals with such
offences was enacted more than a
century ago and has never been
substantially modernized. The
CFHS, representing more than 100
member organizations nationwide,
has been campaigning for years to
get the federal government to do
something about it.
Its efforts may be about to pay off.
Spurred on by thousands of letters
and petitions from a public outraged
by reports of animal cruelty, Justice
Minister Anne McLellan introduced
Bill C-17 in December last year.
The legislation is designed to bring
the animal cruelty provisions of the
Criminal Code into the century
primarily by ending the
classification of animals as property
and switching the legal emphasis
from the degree of suffering of the
animal to the brutality of the
perpetrator.
Where courts at present may
impose fines of no more than $2,000
and jail sentences of no more than
six months, serious cases in the
future could result in imprisonment
for up to five years, increased fines
at the discretion of the judge, and a
lifetime ban on owning animals.
The basic cruelty provisions of the
code would continue as before, a
point the CFHS is anxious to
emphasize. The new law is not
aimed at standard practices in the
food industry or about the hunting
of wild animals or even a
householder’s right to kill mice, rats
and other pests, says Robert Van
Tongerloo, executive director of
CFHS. The law already makes it a
crime to intentionally cause
unnecessary pain, suffering or injury
to an animal and that does not
change.
The suggestion by the Canadian
Sport Fishing Industry Association
that hooking a worm for bait might
be an offence under the new law
demeans what humane societies are
trying to achieve, Van Tongerloo
adds. “We simply want to be able to
go after those people who
consciously commit acts of cruelty
against animals. Common sense
dictates this is not about things like
using worms for bait.”
Bill C-17, which is scheduled for
second reading shortly targets
cruelty, vicious killing, and killing
without lawful excuse. Other
features in the proposed legislation
include giving courts the right to
order an abuser to pay costs incurred
in taking care of an abused animal.
That’s welcome news for
veterinarians who give aid to
suffering, and for financially
squeezed SPCAs. Some have been
saddled with individual bills as high
as $60,000 for vets, shelter, food
and care.
The CFHS says that as things
stand, legal obstacles combined with
limited investigative resources
result in less than one per cent of
animal abuse cases going to court.
The conviction rate is not
encouraging, either. In one recent
12-month period, 362 criminal
charges were laid across Canada.
Only 167 (46 per cent) resulted in
convictions. The rest were stayed or
withdrawn, or disposed of in some
other way. For instance, the man
who ground the cat’s head to a pulp
with his boot was acquitted because
the Crown was unable to prove that
the cat was owned.
Even when convictions are
recorded, the system seldom hands
out more than a slap on the wrist.
The woman who committed the
microwave atrocity, for example,
was placed on probation. In some
cases, the law even forces authorities
to return surviving animals to their
abusers.
“The plight of animals with
respect to cruelty in a civilized
society is deeply distressing”, says
Van Tongerloo. “Bill C-17, if it
becomes law, will give humane
societies and SPCAs and crown
attorneys across Canada the tools
they need to combat this social
disgrace. We must not condemn
animals to continued suffering and
misery.”
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