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Registry No. GK
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DRAFT TO M.P.
To:
Mr Anthony Grant MP House of Commons
SW1
Type 1 +
From
Mr Davies Guest-
Telephone No. & Ext.
To Be Seen By:
Department
Consular
MiDaries
I wrote to you on 18 February to let you
know that we were consulting the Governor of
Hong Kong about the letter from your constituent
Mrs O M Hume of 48 Oakfield Avenue, Kenton,
about
Harrow, concerning the question of the slaughter
of cattle in Hong Kong.
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We have now received a copy of Hong
Kong's legislation governing the slaughtering
of animals. This is enclosed. Cattle are
humanely despatched in Hong Kong. The captive
bolt pistol method is employed. After slaughter
the heads are severed from the carcases during
the dressing process. The severed heads are
then often taken away to butchers' shops and
market stalls, where the shopkeepers remove the
brains for consumption. Hong Kong think it is
likely that the cow's head referred to in the
radio programme which Mrs Hume heard had been
discarded by one of the smaller market meat-
stalls and was awaiting collection.
*Report (to the Department)
For *Necessary Action
*Information
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I trust this information answers Mrs
Hume's enquiry.
MG.
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