The lambs are healthier and stronger. They are not replaceable. Our bullocks will go for meat at 30 months and our lambs between 6 months and a year. The fact that I know they are going to die then does not mean that I don't delight in seeing them enjoying the life they have. And I take pride in the fact that we are producing good food on land that grows good grass and has an abundance of all the wild life that goes with grazed fields.
Death is part of life and life goes on.
This slaughter is tearing that apart. News Click GO to stream the live ITN News channel to your desktop.