Schoolchildren vote 13-1 to slaughter lamb Marcus (2 Viewers)

[Tangent]

buts they are children, who have raised this lamb.

 

[Kwayera]

buts they are children, who have raised this lamb.

And they are probably quite capable of making the distinction between "animal raised for pet" and "animal raised for food".

 

[DavidBenGurion]

And they are probably quite capable of making the distinction between "animal raised for pet" and "animal raised for food".

there is no difference you liberal party hack

and the problem with these kids is that they sent the lamb, hand raised AS IF IT WAS A PET, and decided to kill it for no good reason. It wasn't required for food, it was barbaric, thoughtless, bloodthirsty killing.

 

[Kwayera]

there is no difference you liberal party hack

and the problem with these kids is that they sent the lamb, hand raised AS IF IT WAS A PET, and decided to kill it for no good reason. It wasn't required for food, it was barbaric, thoughtless, bloodthirsty killing.

There is when it comes to emotional attachment.

Get off your high horse.

 

[DavidBenGurion]

stop being a horse

TAKE THAT

 

[Gussy Booo]

i think these children are on the right track.
They realise meat does not magically appear at supermarkets or on their plate.



You and that retarded anime called naruto are effed up.

hahahahahahahah

 

[kwabon]

killing an animal for educational purposes?

wtf.

 

[kwabon]

And they are probably quite capable of making the distinction between "animal raised for pet" and "animal raised for food".

there were aged 6-11,
i am pretty most of us, at that age, didnt want to go off killing animals for food or some other obscure reason.

btw i thought you were an animal lover?
or was that some other Boser?

 

[Napstar]

there were aged 6-11,
i am pretty most of us, at that age, didnt want to go off killing animals for food or some other obscure reason.

btw i thought you were an animal lover?
or was that some other Boser?

Ok seriously I won't even address what you said as I was going to, because I just read "didnt want to go off killing animals for food or some other obscure reason".

KILLING FOR FOOD ISN'T EXACTLY AN OBSCURE REASON, IS IT YOU DOLT?

 

[Azarnakumar]

killing an animal for educational purposes?

wtf.

What are you on about.

This happens in australia too you know. Just about every high school i have known of had an agriculture program that involved raising and then slaughtering animals lol. Primary schools dont because they dont have agriculture programs in primary schools in Australia. Every university will have similar programs lol i would suggest you harden up a bit and get out into the real world.

So many faggots around these days.

 

[Azarnakumar]

there were aged 6-11,
i am pretty most of us, at that age, didnt want to go off killing animals for food or some other obscure reason.

btw i thought you were an animal lover?
or was that some other Boser?

lol i sure did

i kill animals for various reasons including food, sport and halping the environment

im am sick

 

[*TRUE*]

Schoolchildren vote 13-1 to slaughter lamb Marcus

From correspondents in London
Reuters
September 15, 2009 08:56am
A GROUP of schoolchildren who reared a lamb from birth and named it Marcus have overridden objections by parents and rights activists and voted to send the animal to slaughter.
Marcus the six-month-old lamb has now been culled, the head teacher of the primary school in Kent confirmed yesterday, after the school's council - a 14-member group of children aged six to 11 - voted 13-1 to have him killed.

The decision has provoked fury among animal-loving celebrities, animal and human rights campaigners and the parents of some of the children, and led to threats against Lydd primary school and its teachers, according to a member of staff.

Around 250 children at the school take part in a program designed to teach them about rearing and breeding animals.

The educational farm was started this year, with Marcus being hand-fed by the children.
The children also look after ducks, chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs.

The intention had been to buy pigs with the money raised from slaughtering Marcus, but those plans have been put on hold following the furor created by the lamb's culling.
The school said the program may now have to be stopped.

"It's all up in the air," said a member of staff.
"There's been so much pressure on us as a result of all this."

Despite that, the school said there had been overwhelming support among the children, the staff and most of the parents to have Marcus - a castrated male who could not have been used for breeding - sent to the slaughterhouse.

But opponents branded it heartless and cruel, with animal rights campaigners asking why Marcus could not have been used to teach the children about wool, and human rights campaigners worried about the emotional impact of Marcus's death on the children.

A popular talkshow host offered to buy the lamb and give it sanctuary and Facebook groups sprung up to rally support to keep Marcus alive.
But the children had the final say.
The school defended the children's decision, calling it educational.

"When we started the farm in spring 2009, the aim was to educate the children in all aspects of farming life and everything that implies," the school said.

"The children have had a range of opportunities to discuss this issue, both in terms of the food cycle and the ethical aspect.
"It is important for everyone to move on from this issue, so the children can focus on their education."

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Good on them imo. We breed animals to eat (and other things) lol atleast some school kids know this

Sensible children.

 

[Nanasaurus]

lol i'm just imagining that one poor little kid sitting there going 'don't kill marcus!' while all their bloodthristy little friends are going 'kill! kill! kill!'

 

[Kwayera]

there were aged 6-11,
i am pretty most of us, at that age, didnt want to go off killing animals for food or some other obscure reason.

btw i thought you were an animal lover?
or was that some other Boser?

Tell that to kids on farms where they raise livestock animals for a living.

 

[Napstar]

If anything, we were blood thirsty little suckers and I personally enjoyed nothing more than playing in the viscera of said pets.

 

[Riet]

Next time they should get the children to do the slaughtering.

 

[Azarnakumar]

seriously though 100yrs ago these kids would have been working on a farm 16hrs a day and killing the animals themselves, why is it all off a sudden wrong lol

 

[kokodamonkey]

These kids are awesome

exactly what i was thinking!

 

[Ms. BRIGHTSIDE]

These kids sound evil. You just know they're going to end up as serial killers.

 

[kwabon]

Ok seriously I won't even address what you said as I was going to, because I just read "didnt want to go off killing animals for food or some other obscure reason".

KILLING FOR FOOD ISN'T EXACTLY AN OBSCURE REASON, IS IT YOU DOLT?

i am a vegetarian, so i guess killing animals for food is quite obscure to me.