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horse/donkey/goats - poor lamb.

clareabella - Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:34 pm
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Just seen this. I think its so sad and even worse that the farmer puts into the paper to get some money out of it Evil or Very Mad

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007350709,00.html

Lisa_Ianniello - Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:45 pm
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oh my god. that poor baby.

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jabbro - Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:47 pm
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That is really sad , poor little mite. Crying or Very sad

Beckyess - Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:48 pm
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I can't believe they let it live so long.
Becky

spottydog - Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:01 pm
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The caption says "Octo" lamb. Then they go on to say it has seven legs. Octo refers to EIGHT not seven so they can't even report it properly.
Poor thing should not have been born and certainly not been made an exhibition of! Sad

coliel - Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:19 pm
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how do you know it is in pain?
i think if we had of had a lamb like that and it seemed fine we would of just wached it and made sure it was acting like all the others. - my father hates putting an animal down as he thinks its not natrel - unless it is corsing consern for other animals!
my friend once took a chick with one leg to the vets and he said to have her put down but dad said to them to see how it goes and the chick was fine!!!
lived ages and even layed eggs!!!!
and i would of gon to the papers as it is of intrest and people dont just want to read about murders etc

Beckyess - Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:18 am
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I'd give any animal a fair crack of the whip but they still need to be treated with dignity not paraded about and the truth of the matter is that this animal was bred for meat so it hasn't got any sort of 'life' ahead, it's going to be eaten. However, the picture doesn't show that the lamb can cope, it's not even lying very comfortably and looks very dirty, a 6 day old lamb should be quite white.
Becky

GerbilPunk - Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:08 am
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ooh poor thing... It must be hard to walk with all those legs... Laughing

do you think they'll kill it and eat it then? Confused

coliel - Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:40 am
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if it did live then yes, but i think it will be putdown as like beckyes says it doesnt look great - and so if it was killed now then no one would eat it as their wouldnt be the meat , but i cant see why the lamb would care if it was being looked at so i wouldnt worry about photographers etc but although my father wouldnt of put the lamb down at birth - as he would want to see how the lamb coped , i think he would of done before now!!!
i know you think as the animal was bred for food it wasnt going to have a great quality of life but you would be suprised the fun some of the lambs have - i use to have a pet lamb and we had great fun but we still ate her as that was her purpose in life.

Twig - Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:03 pm
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coliel wrote:

i know you think as the animal was bred for food it wasnt going to have a great quality of life but you would be suprised the fun some of the lambs have - i use to have a pet lamb and we had great fun but we still ate her as that was her purpose in life.

I respect that you can actually kill your food and eat it, unlike many hypocrites who couldn't yet still eat meat pretending its off a tree, but in regards to the deformed lamb I do think that lamb should have just been killed because if it had been born in the wild, it would have been killed within the hour of being born.

shadylady - Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:54 pm
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poor little lamb... Crying or Very sad

coliel - Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:54 pm
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yes it would of been killed quickly if it was in the wild - but it wasnt!!
lots of animals would die in the wild like a litter of pups when the dam dies but it dosent mean you shouldnt bottle feed the pups or when we had cold springs and we would take in the day old chicks and put them in socks by the fier - they would die but as they are cared for by man they have a much better chance of sevivel.

Beckyess - Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:07 pm
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but we shouldn't preserve life at any cost. Quality of life is far more important to me. I doubt this lamb has any quality of life.
Becky

coliel - Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:35 pm
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but i dont feel that it is are right to presume that,
forexample when gypsie was put down i new she was in pain she was not herself, she would just wimper, she weed and pooed herself, had fits , couldnt understand any comands - she simply was not gypsie any more .
im not saying i wouldnt put the lamb down what im saying is i wouldnt just because she was born abnormaly i would want to see how she was with the condition first.

Beckyess - Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:34 am
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In a domestic pet then yes I'd agree with you but in farm livestock then no. They are bred for meat, they aren't pampered like our pets, I'm not saying they aren't cared for but it's different.
Becky

Josh - Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:36 am
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Poor thing Sad

clareabella - Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:04 am
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even the vet says its inhumane to keep it alive.

coliel - Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:02 pm
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yes and i do think that it may need putting down , what i dont like is when an animal is killed with out a chance the amount of farmers/breeders who kill a runt as it "wasts the mothers milk"
or because it has somthing wrong with it is very high and believe me these animals arnt put to sleep by a vet they are often drowned or have their neck broken!! - as vet fees are high and no one needs to know wether an animal died at birth or not !
i believe alot of these animals can do just as well as the stronger contenders if given the chance!

coliel - Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:04 pm
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sorry i should also say that of corce the vet says he should be putdown as he would rather the farmer pay for it than for it to die natrely!!

Josh - Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:21 am
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Awww Poor Lamb Sad