Page 27 - Hillside Anniversay Newsletter

2006 800 Rescued
Animals...

Bernard Matthews... Cu

Since 2000, we had already filmed, and exposed, horrendous It w
‘living’ conditions for birds on Bernard Matthews’ farms. the
However, in one of our most shocking investigations, our fami
investigator filmed turkeys on a Matthews’ farm being in lo
sadistically attacked with a wooden pole and then kicked. He Hills
shot the damning evidence of staff ‘playing baseball’ with live to v
turkeys while filming the general rough handling of birds as they not
were being caught for slaughter. The footage appeared on Sky with
and BBC news programmes all around the country and sparked
outrage from an indignant public. In response, the RSPCA
brought a prosecution against Daniel Palmer, 27, and Neil Allen,
30, both from Dereham in Norfolk. Their case was heard on
7th September 2006 when they pleaded guilty to charges of
causing unnecessary cruelty to animals. In court, their solicitor
blamed their cruelty on ‘peer pressure’ and the ‘culture’ at the
farm. He said the footage, which was shown in court, revealed
the ‘appalling’ conditions at the plant.

Hillside Investigations Feature in SIX
National TV Programmes...

In a successful year for Hillside’s ongoing investigations, our
footage was shown on SIX national TV programmes, including
BBC, Channel Four and Sky News.
With so many rescued animals to look after, we simply do
not have the resources to do all the campaigning work we
would like to but, instead, try to focus on producing filmed
evidence for people to see the reality of what goes on behind
the closed doors of the factory farming system.