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Below is a
small collection of photographs of spring lambs
including images sized for desktop wallpaper. Also short
videos.
Spring Lambs 2010
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It is possible to think lambs the cutest
things ever and then go and eat a lovely
lamb dinner overlooking a field of them
Jo Homer:
Observations on the United Kingdom
Sadly
this is the case here in the UK. The adorable tiny lambs
you see below much admired and photographed grazed on
land close by a cafe where on the menu was Yorkshire
lamb hot pot. After seeing these gentle creature so full
of life, frolicking in the grass, bleating to one other
and to their ever attentive mothers, how can anyone then
order a meal of local lamb? Yet people do so without
giving it a thought! The incongruity of such thinking
never ceases to amaze me. It appears to me that such
inconsistency arises from simply not thinking or from
faulty and habitual thinking. Sheep like all animals are
sentient creatures capable of pain and pleasure as are
you and I. It is time surely to question such habits?
Please refer to:
Sentient
Sheep
Animal
rights: sheep
and
Think differently go veggie/vegan
Please enjoy the photographs below, all for free
download.
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graphics below for a larger
image which will open into a new window.
For desktop wallpaper, scroll down or click
Spring
Lambs 2009 desktop wallpaper
I do not like to see all these markings on
sheep or their lambs, it is a sign of their
exploitation, which you may read about here.
Animal
rights: sheep.
The numbers are meant to identify which lamb
belongs to which ewe. The bright coloured
blotches are to identify which sheep belongs
to which farmer as hill farmers use common
grazing, sometimes there is more than one
mark as hill farmers may have access to more
than one fell. |
During the mating season rams chests are
painted with a bright colour which rubs off
onto the ewe when he mates with her, this
enables the farmer to recognise if the ram
has mated and which ewes may be
impregnated.
When a ewe is in season she releases two
eggs every two weeks right up until she has
conceived, at which time she stops producing
the scent which attracts the ram to mate.
The colour of the paint is changed by the
farmer at two week intervals to coincide
with the ewes release of eggs. This way the
farmer can tell when lambing will take
place. It may take several attempts before a
ewe becomes pregnant which is why at times
some sheep may have multicoloured markings. |
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This cute little lamb and her sister were
all curled up on a chilly day in late March,
so tiny like little bundles of wool. |
Below you can see this lamb and others on a
couple of short videos.
Videos spring Lambs 2009
and 2008
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This little lamb is slightly older than the
one above. Many of the lambs in these fields
had had their tails docked, a painful
mutilation:
During this particular mutilation the lamb's
tail is removed by using a tight rubber ring
which restricts the flow of blood to the
tail which after some time causes the tail
to drop off, usually 7 to 10 days.
Read more about tail docking and other
abuses carried out on sheep:
Liberate
our sheep
and
Animal
right sheep
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Lambs 2009 Desktop
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Videos: Spring lambs plus sheep
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