Kid Goats slaughtered in Tralee back yard

Meh, it's not like it doesn't happen every day in farms around the country.
People will eat meat but when they see slaughtering at the neighbour's house they're pussies.

biko wrote: »

Meh, it's not like it doesn't happen every day in farms around the country.
People will eat meat but when they see slaughtering at the neighbour's house they're pussies.

Well you might expect it on a farm, not in your neighbors back yard! I don't have children but if I did I don't think I'd appreciate them being subjected to the galling and blood-curdling screams that goats let out when they are being butchered.

And besides, there's no indication that they were going to be used as food. Why would they kill 5 goats at one time if they just wanted to personally eat them? If they were intending on sharing the meat with others then they would have been breaking a number of laws as animals used for that purpose have to be slaughtered in an abattoir. Then there's the question of what they would have done with the carcasses.. there are very strict regulations on disposing of animal remains in these circumstances.

Funnily enough, they'd be in less trouble if they were in fact performing some sort of ritual sacrifice, as crazy religiously motivated activities like that are exempt from animal protection laws.

People will eat meat but when they see slaughtering at the neighbour's house they're pussies.

I'm guessing it wouldn't be ok for me to post a video of a goat been slaughtered here? No.. didn't think so. That would be inappropriate, right?

Nice. You know how difficult it is to find goatmeat in Irish butchers? Did anyone get a phone number?

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So it's only acceptable to chastise those born in Ireland when stuff like this happens? I'm a bit surprised by the restraint shown by people in regard to this.

I'm a bit surprised that this claim of Ireland being the worst in terms of animal cruelty has passed without question despite having no source, myself.

Doc Ruby wrote: »

I'm a bit surprised that this claim of Ireland being the worst in terms of animal cruelty has passed without question despite having no source, myself.

It's a pretty typical self-loathing type of response when stuff involving people of other nationalities comes up. You can't say anything bad about others because it might be seen as racist.. best to deflect the criticism towards the Irish instead.. they're fair game!

What's the problem, they were slaughtering/butchering their own meat?

Hardly a story, does the KSPCA rescue all the cattle slaughtered in meat factories around the country.

Irish people killed pigs in their back yards until very recently - perhaps it still goes on. The pig would be strung up by its back legs and the throat cut. Bloodcurdling screams would be heard over a long distance. People kept hens, geese and turkeys - they would also be killed/slaughtered at home.

I'm not sure when those practices became frobidden in built-up areas, but anyone over the age of 40 in rural areas will remember them.

Those Africans were obviously not familiar with our laws and customs here. I'm sure they wont re-offend. It wasn't a major crime.

They had to ban this practice in London because people were slaughtering goats on apartment balconies. Bad enough your neighbour above you doing it without blood and entrails all over your front window and balcony.