Yes i felt like that as mine trustingly trotted up the ramp behind me into the trailer. it was even worse as they unloaded at the abattoir and Rodney looked back over his shoulder at me at the sound of my voice.
Ok, if we probe and delve deeply we can all make ourselves weep over our animals. Its because we care! Instead, lets spare a tear for those pigs and sheep who have not had the attention we provide our stock with; those who get shoved from pillar to post, crowded and treated harshly ( or with less respect) because they are just food animals on a production line. Every chop and steak on the shelves in supermarkets represents an animal which has perhaps had less of an enriched life than ours.
So as you take yours to the abattoir, walk tall, with pride, and salute your prime beasts!! You are doing absolutely nothing wrong!!
all the best
Emma T