A Bruce County cattle buyer says he wishes CTV News had made more of an effort to talk to livestock truckers before airing last night's report.
The story suggested livestock was being abused by being transported for long periods of time without food or water.
It included a number of quotes from animal rights and humane society officials.
Ken Schaus says he doesn't know where they came up with some of the numbers used in the report for livestock deaths in transit.
He says of the almost 20 thousand cattle he brought in from Western Canada last year, he only had one die.
Three others were injured.
In his case, he says cattle from any further west than Brandon, Manitoba get a stop in Thunder Bay for more straw and water before heading on to their Southern Ontario destinations.
Schaus argues with a load of calves worth 200 thousand dollars, there's too much money invested for truckers to abuse those animals.
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He says if he has to go further west than Brandon, Manitoba for animals, they don't make the trip without taking a break.
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Ken Schaus says the report's suggestion that transporters are abusing animals by keeping them in trailers for long periods without food or water doesn't reflect what's really happening.
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Schaus argues there's too much money invested in those animals to allow them to be abused in transit.
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