Countryfile On Now

[Bobbisox1]

I love this programme seeing new lambs born and nature at its best , this is something the BBC excel in

[iluvmargie]

I feel sorry for the lambs when they are taken away for slaughter and the Mums run after them bleating. I've seen this in action and it's heartbreaking and NO, I don't eat lamb.

[Bobbisox1]

I don't either ILM, where we live we hear the cows mooing signalling their calf's have been taken away, but I do eat beef :0(

[mumstheword1]

Nature is cruel but so amazing too. The way they gave that lamb to the ewe who lost hers brought tears to my eyes. I know I am a big softie.

[Bobbisox1]

Me too :0/

[Maydup]

Too sad and graphic for me, I had to turn it off.
(vegetarian!)

[AuntPollyGrey]

// I feel sorry for the lambs when they are taken away for slaughter and the Mums run after them bleating//

What a load of utter rubbish.

Lambs are weaned from their mothers at around 5 -6months old and at this time are often actually bigger than their mothers, who have frankly just about had enough by this time. They are weaned from their mothers and then either sold as 'stores' by the farmer or fattened on either grass or a mixture of grass and 'nuts' (not nuts its a compound feed). They then go to market to be purchased by buyers who buy directly for butchers and the bigger supermarkets.

The utter ignorance of how meat is produced is breathtaking.

[Bobbisox1]

The only reason I don't eat lamb is I find it a bit greasy but it makes amazing gravy APG :0)

[pastafreak]

Unfortunately, we put our own feelings on animals, and it doesn't work that way.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Bobbi I totally respect peoples views on meat production, but they should be based on fact, not things they read on FB pages. One picture I saw on FB was a farmer taking a new-born lamb inside a barn, with its mother following, as we do, to take care of the ewe, make sure the afterbirth comes away and give the ewe a feed. The caption read' cruel farmer pulls lamb away from ewe to take to slaughter. Totally ridiculous but people believe it.

[Bobbisox1]

That'll be to appease the vegans no doubt, I found it fascinating how they took the afterbirth from a ewe that had no milk ,to rub in on another ewe and lamb to form an adoption

[AuntPollyGrey]

Bobbi -that was the Disney version......If a ewe loses its lamb, and another ewe has maybe triplets, or not enough milk, you have to skin the dead lamb and put the skin on the new lamb that is to be 'adopted'. I doubt they would show that on TV but its common practice as sheep are notorious for not wanting other ewes lambs.

https://editorial01.shutterstock.com/wm-preview-1500/3273723a/2e6fd621/nature-shutterstock-editorial-3273723a.jpg

[Atheist]

Sorry, I don't want to eat animals that have been bred and raised for slaughter. I don't believe that these animals are stupid enough not to object to being taken from their mothers and killed. An adult cow does not enjoy or even feel comfortable about being stunned, and a young animal does not enjoy or feel comfortable about being taken away from its mother. I choose not to eat animals, and I wish that others would feel the same. I don't think that "Oh I can't do without my meat" is justification for what happens.

[Atheist]

Imagine if these methods were applied to humans by some more advanced creatures. I doubt if any humans here would think that was justifiable

[Bobbisox1]

Amazing stuff APG

[AuntPollyGrey]

I'm not justifying anything, I'm informing. Very Different!

[Atheist]

APG, you don't address my points.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Athiest, not quite sure what I'm supposed to address? The fact aliens may come down and farm us for food, or the fact that if they did we would be comforted in the knowledge that they could justify themselves........(cue theme tune for Dr, Who.....)

[pastafreak]

Instead if criticising those who choose to eat meat...and the practices you don't like, campaign for better, more ethical and sustainable farming. The majority of the population will continue to eat meat...so make sure that meat is grown and slaughtered humanely. That would be a far more useful way to make change.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Pasta I totally agree. I have been a member of Compassion in World Farming for years and years.

https://www.ciwf.org.uk/about-us/

[emmie]

i thought most of the programme was educational and informative, i like it because it shows a side of life that townies like me rarely get to see. The conservation work on birds, insects was heartwarming where some care so much in the preservation of many species.