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Farmers dump cows in Montreal park
Last Updated Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:22:45 EST
MONTREAL - Cows wearing the names of cabinet ministers were dumped in a Montreal park Monday by farmers demanding more government aid to recover from the mad-cow crisis.
INDEPTH: Mad Cow Disease
Angry farmers penned these cattle in Montreal's Lafontaine Park to protest against low beef prices.
About 100 farmers penned 10 to 15 cows in Lafontaine Park to protest the low prices they get for selling their animals.
Each animal bore the name of a provincial or federal cabinet minister, including Prime Minister Paul Martin.
The farmers threatened to leave the cattle in the park near the city's core for the politicians to pick up.
They want more financial assistance from Ottawa and the province to counter prices that plunged after the United States closed its border to live cattle when bovine spongiform encephalopathy was found in one Alberta animal in May 2003.
One farmer told Radio-Canada, the CBC's French-language network, that he will lose $60,000 this year because of the low prices.
"The problem is we can no longer sell these cows," Réjean Bessette said. "These cows normally sell for $1,200 or $1,250 and now they're going for only $100 or $125."
The producers threatened last week to demand 42 cents a pound for cows that they sell to the province's largest slaughterhouse, instead of the 15 to 20 cents a pound each animal now gets.
Written by CBC News Online staff
Take care
Farmers dump cows in Montreal park
Last Updated Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:22:45 EST
MONTREAL - Cows wearing the names of cabinet ministers were dumped in a Montreal park Monday by farmers demanding more government aid to recover from the mad-cow crisis.
INDEPTH: Mad Cow Disease
Angry farmers penned these cattle in Montreal's Lafontaine Park to protest against low beef prices.
About 100 farmers penned 10 to 15 cows in Lafontaine Park to protest the low prices they get for selling their animals.
Each animal bore the name of a provincial or federal cabinet minister, including Prime Minister Paul Martin.
The farmers threatened to leave the cattle in the park near the city's core for the politicians to pick up.
They want more financial assistance from Ottawa and the province to counter prices that plunged after the United States closed its border to live cattle when bovine spongiform encephalopathy was found in one Alberta animal in May 2003.
One farmer told Radio-Canada, the CBC's French-language network, that he will lose $60,000 this year because of the low prices.
"The problem is we can no longer sell these cows," Réjean Bessette said. "These cows normally sell for $1,200 or $1,250 and now they're going for only $100 or $125."
The producers threatened last week to demand 42 cents a pound for cows that they sell to the province's largest slaughterhouse, instead of the 15 to 20 cents a pound each animal now gets.
Written by CBC News Online staff
Take care
