Peta calls for plaque to cows at Llanidloes development
Animal rights group Peta has called for Powys County Council to erect a memorial plaque for cows at the site of a new housing development.
The leading animal charity said the memorial at the now demolished former Sandringham Leather Goods Factory site in Llanidloes would "highlight the individuals killed there and remind the site's new homeowners to furnish their homes and wardrobes with compassion".
Powys County Council approved a planning application by Llanidloes-based developer JJP Services in March for 10 new homes on the Eastgate Street site which had most recently been used by Hafren Furnishers as overflow storage space.
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In a letter addressed to councillors, Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) said a plaque would commemorate cows "who suffered for their skins that passed through the building".
Yvonne Taylor, PETA's vice president of corporate projects, said: 'Cows can recognise the faces of their friends in photographs, and they mourn when a loved one dies, yet every year millions are strung up, and their throats are slit so their skin and flesh can be sold.
'The skins of countless cows who were violently killed passed through this building, and PETA is calling on local officials to acknowledge this atrocity with an honorary plaque.'
The Sandringham Leather Goods Factory was a large single storey warehouse built during the 1960s. The property was then bought by local business Hafren Furnishers in 1997.
In response, a Powys County Council spokesman said: "The council will consider the content of the letter from Peta when it is received and will respond back in due course.'
Last year, Peta wrote to Selattyn and Gobowen Parish Council, near Oswestry asking it to install a permanent memorial to seven cows after they died when the lorry transporting them overturned on the A5 in Gobowen. Vets from Oswestry were praised for their work in saving the other 33 cows.
National Highways, which is responsible for the management of the A5, said that while it was also sympathetic, it would not allow the plaque to be placed on the road.
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