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Re: QR short of cattle wagons
- Subject: Re: QR short of cattle wagons
- From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 03:03:26 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Another Optus Customer
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John McCandless (johnmc@topend.com.au) wrote:
> I heard an interesting segment on the ABC local radio - must have been a
> couple of months ago, I suspect David may be able to find the exact segment
> :-) - with a rep from the RSPCA, who slammed QR for transporting cattle by
> rail, and said that 'they' had stopped cattle being transported by rail in
> other states. QR was unable to send a rep, but I think our RSPCA friend
> would be just a tad presumptious in thinking that they had anything at all
> to do with the cessation of cattle transport in other states?
It's partially true in the case of Victoria. VR was fined for one incident
involving livestock transport. VR used this as an excuse to get rid of it
completely.
I'd still like to know why livestock transport by rail is any wore than by
road.
Cheers
David