AR-News: (UK) BLAIR WARNED OF 'DEEP UNREST' IF BAN FUDGED

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

09:00 - 01 April 2004 

  Award-winning writer Carla Lane has warned the Government it will face 
"deep unrest" if it fails to take up an available opt-out clause on live horse 
exports. Carla, writer of the BBC series Bread, says that if the Department for 
Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) allows live horse exports to go 
ahead, animal lovers will feel "trodden on".

On Tuesday the European Parliament granted Britain an exemption from live 
exports, but only if the Government decides to use it.

If it fails to, Carla is promising a "mass protest" - including a television 
appeal urging people to stay away from the polls.

She said: "Unless Mr Blair takes the opportunities on offer I would urge 
anyone who loves animals to make it known they will not vote in the next General 
Election.






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