It is a sobering thought that animals could do without man, yet man would find it almost impossible to do without animals.

Family organisation is broken and young animals are increasingly being denied a mother to turn to for comfort and for grooming. One of the saddest and most pathetic of farm practices - inevitable at the present time for the supply of dairy produce - is the separation of the calf from the cow at birth or soon after.

We must do all in our power to educate the public, for I believe that in the end only a change of heart is really effective.