Euroley Poultry Facility

Development of this type is to be encouraged and breathes life into rural areas creating jobs and ultimately stronger communities. My concern with this development relates to unforseen mass mortality of the chickens. The scale of this operation is huge and if for some unforseen reason a large number of birds were to die from heat or disease what arrangements are there in place for their treatment and disposal? It is not reasonable to suddenly ask the nearest local council to deal with the issue. A plan should be in place to deal with such an occurrence.

The welfare of the hens kept in this proposed facility is under threat as I am unconvinced proper care can be provided for such a large number of birds.

After reading the project proposal for the new poultry factory at Euroley, the only comment I can make is how disappointing this development would be if it went ahead.
The chickens forced to live in these factory houses will be subject to horrifying conditions, living a cruel life ending with an inhumane death all for the selfishness of human consumption.
Not to mention how unhygienic this poultry farm will be. Every video published of animal farms document how unsanitary the living conditions are, diseased animals ending up on every Australian's plate.
I completely object this project as I find it unnecessary for New South Wales to feel the need to participate in such dumbfounded projects.

I am writing to strongly oppose this development on ethical and economic grounds. A mass-scale factory farm is damaging to the reputation not just of the local area but the entire state of NSW. I have seen tourism and house prices suffer dramatically when such mass scale, low grade factory farms of animal suffering are allowed to operate. Not to mention the fate of millions, upon millions of chickens every year. These gentle, inquisitive animals will be jammed into poorly ventilated, overcrowded, artificially lit barns unable to move and express their normal behaviours. Do yourself and your local community a favour and not allow this to go ahead.

I object to this proposal primarily on animal welfare grounds, but also because of the serious environmental impacts the development will generate.

Animal welfare is not strictly a planning consideration but this important issue goes to the nature of the proposal.

In total, it is proposed that the farm contain up to 3.9 million birds at any one time. With several times this many birds `processed' each year.

Millions of birds, sentient beings, whose natural life expectancy is 12 years, to be slaughtered at 6 weeks of age.

This would follow an unnatural life of pain, including chronic respiratory disease, breast blister (ulcerations), `hockburn' (due to ammonia-soaked litter), and lameness through dislocation of joints and bone fractures.

Plus a significant number of birds, per shed, per batch, will die due to illness (heart failure or pulmonary oedema), or starvation when they are unable to reach food or water, or trauma when they are trampled by other birds.

Each bird has a space less than the size of an A4 page. They do not see daylight. They do not have room to flap their wings.

With so many animals crowded together, intensive factory farming necessitates significant antibiotic use and this has severe public health implications, through both the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and water and air pollution.

The broiler chicken industry provides consumers with `cheap chicken' at the expense of the welfare of the animals involved and at the expense of the local community and surrounding environment.

The environmental impacts from such an intensive factory farm simply cannot be effectively mitigated and future generations should not pay the price for this inappropriate land use.

This scale of animal agriculture where animals are confined and suffer immensely should not be allowed to develop in Australia.

This looks disgusting, horrible, unethical, unnecessary and greedy. I do not want this to go ahead at all.

There is no way a total of 3.9 million birds, a total of 16 sheds filled with 49,000 birds each can be cared for humanely. Do not let this monstrosity be built.

I object to this development application on the basis of odour, noise and intensity; as well as the significant potential adverse environmental impacts.

Randren House Pty Ltd
Suite 502
3 Waverley Street
BONDI JUNCTION NSW 2022

26th June 2015

Dear Sirs,

Re: Pro Ten Euroley Poultry Production Complex application by Pro Ten Limited Narrandera Local Government area.
Application Number SSD 6882

We are writing this letter in relation to the Exhibition of an application for development of an intensive poultry production in the Narrandera Shire.

Our company, Randren House Pty Ltd is the proprietor of a rural grazing and olive grove property known as "Somerset Park" and has been engaged in these activities since 1974.

Somerset Park is located in relatively close proximity to the above proposed development.

We are hereby declaring our objection to this development for a number of reasons as follows:

1. Visual amenity of the area will be adversely affected by the construction of the poultry processing plant.

2. Greenhouse gases that will be generated by the poultry development will lead to unacceptable additional greenhouse gas emissions.

3. The development will have a great impact upon existing servicing infrastructure such that capacity will be reached and will result in shortages of electric power and other services.

4. The storage and disposal of waste materials generated by the plant operation will result in environmental risks and damage to local population areas by way of foul odours and other atmospheric fallout.

5. Groundwater aquifers are likely to be adversely affected by the operation of the plant.

6. The meteorological aspects of the proposal have not been properly addressed. The prevailing winds in the district are general from the south west and as such will flow directly towards Somerset Park and other proximate landholdings and thus bring the noxious odours towards these properties and the Narrandera district generally.

7. No matter how well it is claimed that biosecurity is addressed, it is highly possible that there will be outbreaks of disease and illness in the bird population necessitating the culling and or total euthenasing of the entire bird population.

8. In regard to the business practices of the applicant and its associated corporate entities, it has recently become public knowledge that the applicant and its associated corporate entities are currently variously under investigation by Fair Work Australia, the Ombudsman and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission for suspected breaches of numerous state and federal laws, including inter alia, laws regarding the hiring of labour and the non compliance with regulatory requirements.

It is therefore our view that the applicant has not demonstrated the necessary good faith in aspects of its activities such that it is not a fit and proper entity deserving of development consent to proceed with its proposal.

Yours faithfully,
Randren House Pty. Ltd.

Please find submission in attached document.

Pleas find attached submission statement

Please see the attached PDF document for my objection to this proposal.

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