Clodagh
Well-Known Member
I think that life and death is a much more visible and natural process in the country side, so people don't get so excited about it.
As the farmer said, we spend hours worrying about foxes being chased but expect food to be produced for nothing and don't worry at all about how it is done. Why anyone should think its acceptable to go to Tescos and buy a 12 pack of chicken breasts from Thailand for...well, I don't actually know how much they are, but peanuts. Probably the same person who declares themselves anti hunting.
If you spend your working days dealing with animals that either have a job or are bred to die then hunting and shooting are just a natual extension of this order of things. Lifes like that (for the animals).
We now shove our old people off to hospices and hospitals so that we don't need to face the actual death of anything. People used to die at home. (Couldn't have that now - might make a mess of the bed).
I thought it was a good programme, but very depressing, what hope is there for the small farmer? This cross compliance paperwork has just about driven OH to go and get a job in town. (Not quite!)![Stick Out Tongue :p :p](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
As the farmer said, we spend hours worrying about foxes being chased but expect food to be produced for nothing and don't worry at all about how it is done. Why anyone should think its acceptable to go to Tescos and buy a 12 pack of chicken breasts from Thailand for...well, I don't actually know how much they are, but peanuts. Probably the same person who declares themselves anti hunting.
If you spend your working days dealing with animals that either have a job or are bred to die then hunting and shooting are just a natual extension of this order of things. Lifes like that (for the animals).
We now shove our old people off to hospices and hospitals so that we don't need to face the actual death of anything. People used to die at home. (Couldn't have that now - might make a mess of the bed).
I thought it was a good programme, but very depressing, what hope is there for the small farmer? This cross compliance paperwork has just about driven OH to go and get a job in town. (Not quite!)