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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Bex on December 01, 2016, 04:26:39 am
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Did anyone see this week's 'new lives in the wild'?
There was a sheep killing method on there that really took me by surprise. Initially I turned my face away and started complaining to the OH that it was unnecessarily cruel but I was somewhat swayed by the end of it.
I know sheep are adept at hiding their pain or injury but it seemed to be a genuinely calm affair.
:sheep: ??? :sheep:
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Never heard of the show.
Any chance you could describe this method, if it's not too graphic for the forum?
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I was the same. I said to my other half 'I can't watch this,' and put my hands over my eyes. It was done in a second and he told me to watch it; I was amazed! Even Ben seemed rather in disbelief at such a quick killing method.
[member=3961]YorkshireLass[/member] basically, this Mongolian chap made a small slit in the sheep's stomach, reached in and removed its heart. It sounds BARBARIC. But having watched it, it actually seemed quick and humane - as bizarre as that sounds. The sheep just lay there, didn't move or make a sound.
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It was probably too shocked. I think I'd do the same if you tried that on me!
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It probably was shock womble! But he had the heart out so quickly I don't think there was time for the sheep to feel anything else.
I'm not suggesting we should all adopt this method to dispatch our ovine from now on, but for a rural, Mongolian community it actually seemed to be the humane option.
After the Trump wars, when humanity roams the wastelands, surviving in small, fragmented groups of broken spirited, desperate souls, I might give it a try. ;D
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I never saw it done but heard that was the standard way when I visited Mongolia as a teenager.
Apparently very fast and as near painless as you can get but requires skill to do it right. I worry about the sheep I would need to practice on before getting to that level of skill!
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Disbleath spoke to the vet if the cut was done whith a sharp it wouldn't notice the small cut. They then feel the aortic valve then pull. Gone in seconds definitely umaine . The skill in skining the ewe iff you could do it. You could do 3 or 4 very quick.
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Its a fascinating series for a number of reasons. The Mongolian method done expertly was in great contrast to the Hungarian episode a few weeks ago where the first timer botched doing a stun on an animal as he was too diffident about it. What I was reminded off from watching this Mongolian method is you have to see it too judge it as it was utterly different from what I might have imagined. What I was reminded off from the Hungarian episode is if you are going dispatch do it with the right amount of force or not at all.
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You're so right pharnorth. My thoughts exactly.
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After the Trump wars, when humanity roams the wastelands, surviving in small, fragmented groups of broken spirited, desperate souls, I might give it a try. ;D
Love that! :D
I saw the programme and was amazed how calm and quick it all was. Brilliant.