Unless you need to, it's not a good idea to add it all up. We needed to, and now wish we hadn't!!
I don't think anybody is saying your sheep aren't well cared for, PV. Actually, if I were a sheep, I'd like to come and live with you please!
And thankyou for raising the subject. As I said above, adoption wouldn't be for me, as that goes against the philosophy of how we do things. However, if Ronnie came to you as a pet, I can totally understand that you feel differently to me, and will thus make different decisions.
I've (had to) become a bit harder hearted over the past few years, and though I have no problem with an animal being killed to fulfil its intended destiny as it were, I was still really upset to have to put a couple of ducks out of their prolapsed misery, because in my grand plan, that wasn't supposed to happen. So if in your grand plan, Ronnie was supposed to live out a long and happy life with you, I totally understand your decision to take him to a rescue centre, rather than the abbatoir.