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Saffy:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8248718.stm

Where did we go wrong? Should have been excellent education tool right from the start form its birth right through to the table, should be a celebration of the livestock cycle, and yes we are going to eat it at the end and give thanks for that. The brats might actually come away from school with the backbone of knowledge that their parents appear to lack.

This is thread is not intended as a trigger for a flame war or a soap box for vegetarian arguments and animal rights opinions.

Yoshi:
Simple solution, she should buy all the raffle tickets and ask that she take the lamb/sheep home instead of it being slaughtered, if she has that much of a problem that is!

Kids need to know where the food comes from, not just out of a packet from Tesco!

J.D.:
Oh for heavens sake. Its a sheep, they are bred for two things - wool and meat. Surely this must be explained to the poor, spoilt,  mollycoddled little babies at some point in their life?

Disco Matt:
According to the report I heard yesterday the kids were made well aware that the sheep weren't pets and would eventually be slaughtered. They were told this when the sheep arrived as lambs. If the parents don't like this then why didn't they object then?

Showing them that meat comes from animals rather than shrink-wrapped is an excellent idea. It doesn't seem to do any harm to children growing up on farms to know that the wee lambkins will eventually be chops, so what's the problem here?

Llanigraham:
The BBC report states that the School Council voted in favour of the slaughter, and that Council includes the pupils. Seems to me to be just one parent shouting her mouth and managing to get some publicity.
Ignore it, I bet she is getting plenty of flack locally.

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