Mr. Seamus Scallan:

We can go through England but we would have more problems. A couple of weeks ago Scottish calves were going out through Ramsgate and animal rights people were there. They started banging on and punching the lorries, as well as throwing objects at them. If the Irish calves travel across the United Kingdom, we will have great difficulties because the English have such an issue with the export of live animals. Most of the boats on the east coast - the calves would have to get to that coast - would not take the Irish calves. P&O will not take calves on boats going from England. A small boat that carries six loads of calves goes from Ramsgate but most of the shipping companies do not want to carry the calves because of the problem with animal rights activists.