Humane And Safe Methods

[douglas9401]

must to be used to deal with escaped livestock on urban streets, a farmer's union said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg33v21weg3o

Captive livestock however can continue to be shot with a bolt gun then hung up by the rear legs and bled, to be rendered down to their horns and hooves then displayed on a slab as ethical meat.

You have to laugh, really.

[Ellipsis]

An Apocalypse Now moment ...

[Hopkirk]

An animal being killed instantly by a bolt gun is not comparable with a policeman in a 4x4 trying and failing five times to kill a calf by driving into it.

[barry1010]

Police were probably right to ram 400lb calf, farmers' union official claims

Police were 'probably right' to ram escaped calf Beau Lucy, farmer's union official says 

Police were 'probably right' to ram escaped calf Beau Lucy, farmer's union official says https://mol.im/a/13539239 via https://dailym.ai/android

[barry1010]

No idea why previous post has so many repetitions 

[johnk]

The number of times it was rammed gets higher every time there'an answer on this.

[Hopkirk]

It goes up when new videos come out John.

 

https://www.gbnews.com/news/cow-rammed-police-car-staines-upon-thames-armed-officers

[tindrum]

None of the reporting on this incident is accurate, the poor animal was rammed by the Police in Raleigh Road in Feltham Middlesex, not Surrey and was supposed to have escaped from a field in Staines Moor which is nearly five miles away from Feltham.

[Paul22118]

What would the reaction be if this was the headline - 'Police have been criticised for refusing to act when a young and quick calf ran amok in a London suburb. A spokesman was believed to say that it is not the role of police to use vehicles to coral cattle.  A vet should have been summoned.'

'The animal is responsible for seriously injuring three people including a wheelchair user and some children.'

Discuss.

 

[mushroom25]

I'm sure the police had more appropriate responses available to them - hitting it with a car sounds like a solution dreamed up by drunk teenagers.

[Old_Geezer]

Not really. Humane death of food animals at the appropriate time is very different from deliberately causing pain & distress due to not being bothered to fo a job properly. If the slaughter situation isn't stress/pain free then a visit from the inspectors seems in order.

[Old_Geezer]

...to do a job...

[Auntypoll]

The slaughter process involves cattle, sheep and pigs waiting in line to be herded into a cubicle and shot in the head. Animals can sense danger and death so it's naive to think they don't suffer just before they die. And no I'm not vegan, just believe that if you eat meat you should accept the realities of how it gets to your plate.

[237SJ]

I couldn't help wondering what would have happened if the police repeatedly rammed those Cavalry horses that ran amok in London a few weeks ago and if the attitude of some people would have been different.

[Old_Geezer]

Then bring it to the attention of your MP.