Jeremy Clarkson shares sad news from the farm đđ
Posted by FlipStig1@reddit | thegrandtour | View on Reddit | 68 comments
Jeremy Clarkson went on Instagram to announce the death of one of his lambs. I had no idea that crows could be vicious creatures! Such is farming life⌠đŚââŹ
letitia1959@reddit
Crows are absolutely brutal during lambing season. They usually go straight for the eyes if the lamb is weak or just born. The show really doesn't pull any punches when showing how grim farming actually is.
ECrispy@reddit
there is nothing more brutal than humans. its funny jeremy glosses over the cruelty of industrial animal farming or where his beef, pork, chicken, milk, cheese, butter etc come from and the torture of animals involved, but posts this pic to seem like he gives a damn
TactX21@reddit
Living on a nice open field is torture, rightâŚ
Ok_Introduction2563@reddit
Jeremy kills all the animals regardless.
_Ishmael@reddit
I assume the kid was going to be killed anyway?
Themaninthehat1@reddit
Probably but better humanly
muddyleeking@reddit
Apparently pigs being gassed is humane
Themaninthehat1@reddit
Same as anaesthetic better that then halal
muddyleeking@reddit
Nope. It's CO2 they're gassed with, which causes huge amounts of pain stress and anxiety.
https://projectslingshot.com/campaign/gas-chambers/
Themaninthehat1@reddit
Sorry I meant same effect yea it basically feel like theyâre chocking for 10-30 seconds itâs not right but itâs better then nothing and letting them bleed out
I should state I work in this field the whole goal is to reduce suffering and stress not only for the actual quality of the meat but to keep it humane
Yes we use practise like this but the alternative is no relief at all. What I donât understand with movements like this is what do you want us to do. no matter how much you protest it people wonât stop eating it and more expensive methods like stun gunning, organic raised will just raise the prices for consumers pushing those who canât afford it to move to cheap less humane products.
I understand why people push for more animal rights and want more organic products but itâs just not feasible for the wider public what we need to do is band together and help reduce the cost of farming at the source not target the abattoirs for unreasonable standers
muddyleeking@reddit
What's more humane about choking an animal to death in a factory than it dying through being killed by a predator?
I disagree with the way animals are slaughtered in mass farming but that's not really my point here.
Why should we be sad that a lamb has been killed by a crow rather than gassed? The only difference is in one case it can't be sold.
Themaninthehat1@reddit
Theyâre not killed by the gas just stunned and 30s rather then several minutes bleeding out orsuffering dying to an infection over who knows how long
Super_Shallot2351@reddit
"Humanly" lol
How do you humanely butcher a creature that doesn't want to die?
Themaninthehat1@reddit
Because it wouldnât be alive in the first place if not reared on a farm
halal slaughter thatâs inhumane (for those who donât know theyâre not stunned before killing)
JustUrAvg-Depresso@reddit
Anything ever want to die?. Animals in the wild rip out throats whilst it's still alive, animals in the wild gut their kills alive...injury babies to attract parents. Do they want to die? No..but you don't complain, it's only when a butcher is doing it to feed the masses is when you complain
JustUrAvg-Depresso@reddit
People complain when animals get killed for farming purposes like they have been since the Advent of farming and before that through hunting. But they don't complain and are happy to become vegan/vegetarian so you can kill 1000s more animals just to protect crops, that doesn't account for the water ways poisoned by pesticides, soil ruined for generations...yada yada. You don't complain for the animal, you don't complain for humanitarian reasons on...you complain for yourself, complain to make yourself feel better and look better
_Ishmael@reddit
The âvegans kill more animals through cropsâ argument doesnât really hold up. Livestock eat huge amounts of crops, so meat production actually increases the amount of farmingâand the harm that comes with it.
And âanimals kill animalsâ isnât a moral argument, itâs just a description of nature. By that logic, anything natural would be justified, which isnât how we make ethical decisions.
If the goal is to reduce harm, eating plants directly is still the more consistent position.
kh250b1@reddit
No it was going to be sent away to live on a farm
ManInTheDarkSuit@reddit
Crows were probably freed by somebody like this person who destroyed the trap to free them.
https://www.reddit.com/r/RuralUK/comments/1svd6m1/middle_of_field_middle_of_nowhere_cage_with_two/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Powerful_Balance591@reddit
Saw that the other day, absolute numpty
CarrAndHisWarCrimes@reddit
My favourite comment was someone dismissing that Crows can harm other wildlife on the basis theyâre called Carrion Crows and not Killing Crows.. Sadly replies were blocked and I couldnât ask him why Bald Eagles have feathers :(
Powerful_Balance591@reddit
Wait until they learn about honey badgers!
Super_Shallot2351@reddit
"This lamb that I was going to kill and sell for profit was killed by a different animal!"
CarrAndHisWarCrimes@reddit
If youâre going to die regardless of outcome, would you rather live a relatively comfortable life and then have a bolt driven through your brain causing instantaneous death ? Or would you rather your eyes and tongue be pecked out by birds and then have the birds peck at any and all soft vulnerable parts they can get to, and in the case of you not being found for a few hours left to endure this before eventually you get the same ending as the first option, of having your brain destroyed most likely by a bullet ?
Given those two options which would you prefer ? As I know which one I would prefer.
Dizzy-Okra-4816@reddit
Right? The moral confusion of meat-eaters
hashsamurai@reddit
I might start eating meat the way vegans seem to think we do, just start ripping the faces off baby animals and munching on them, popping the eyes out for a snack as the baby crown's that sort of thing.
Dizzy-Okra-4816@reddit
Nice strawman, though since you specified âbaby animalsâ, are you aware of the slaughter age of chickens? (UK?
hashsamurai@reddit
I've got some in the garden, I also enjoy veal, I won't apologise for consuming life. We all do it, I'm just honest about it.
magiclong@reddit
I refuse to believe that somebody could fail to see the nuance of this situation, which is that death by farming is preferable to having your eyes pecked out and face ripped off whilst still alive.
BC0RP@reddit
Does a more 'humane' slaughter justify the death when the death isn't necessary?
magiclong@reddit
It depends on your definition of necessary. Necessary as in the hypothetical scenario of the world turning vegan or the actual reality that the world isnât and likely never will be vegan? Because if the latter than yeah, animal deaths to provide meat are absolutely necessary and justified.
Dizzy-Okra-4816@reddit
False dichotomy, the lamb didnât have to be bred into existence as a slave to be killed at all.
magiclong@reddit
Iâm really not interested in arguing the ethics of veganism. The fact is we donât live in a vegan world, so farming is not only necessary but also arguably the most important industry in the world.
muddyleeking@reddit
So many people dont associate the cute animals they see in farmers fields with the meat in packaging they see in the supermarket. One lamb is an animal, one lamb is a meat
BC0RP@reddit
Happy to see some sane takes here. Funny how comments pointing out the hypocrisy are being downvoted. People calling the crows vicious when they'd happily pay for this baby to be chopped up.
Hyperion262@reddit
When you woke up this morning, were you aware today was the day you would finally learn what a farm is?
liftguy111@reddit
I was visiting a farm in Scotland that was in our family from 1225 to 1666 that raised sheep. (the owners knew more of my familyâs history than I did) The small covered corral next to the house was where they put the lambs so they could keep an eye on them. There were 15-20 dead crows hanging from the roof and walls to âteach them fucking crows a lessonâ
tannercolin@reddit
Are you part of a clan? I wish I could trace my family links back to 1225
Delicious-Site7792@reddit
Canât imagine why this was downvoted
Freddyeddy123@reddit
People probably assumed they were one of those Americans that are obsessed with their origin country even though no one in their family has lived there in 4 generations.
Delicious-Site7792@reddit
Yikes. Holy gatekeepers đ. Heaven forbid you know about your own bloodline
magiclong@reddit
Knowing about your bloodline isnât the same as larping as a nationality online that hasnât been relevant to you or your family since the 1700s
Delicious-Site7792@reddit
Correct, however the person was infact British, and wished, (regardless of where they reside now) to learn more about their bloodline. A bunch of gatekeeping euros assumed incorrectly
Freddyeddy123@reddit
Tbf those types of Americans tend to be really annoying. There's finding your bloodline and then theres making it your entire personality.
tannercolin@reddit
Is it the clan bit? I'm British, some Scottish clans are super traceable
Delicious-Site7792@reddit
I too wish I could trade my family back that far. Is that a crime too?
f-godz@reddit
Healthy young lamb? Nah, not having it.
Sick or lame lamb? Maybe.
Dead from something else? Absolutely, just crows doing crow things.
Clue is in the name - carrion crow.
ThePedanticPheasant@reddit
Get the shotguns out
DEADB33F@reddit
Get the Larsens out!
ThePedanticPheasant@reddit
I'm still waiting for "Clarksons Estate" would be funny to see him as an underkeeper
DEADB33F@reddit
Clarksons Game Farm
Mr_Pink_Gold@reddit
Crows are dinosaurs. Theropods specifically. Incredibly intelligent.
Adorable-Source97@reddit
Crows gotta eat too.
yourefunny@reddit
This is odd. I saw a post yesterday from someone who found a cage with a couple of crows in it out in a field. People commented about crows eating lamb eyes etc. Had no idea. Now this. Always thought crows were cool. Not so much now.
Guccicles@reddit
W crows, all my nwahâs love crows
eagledog@reddit
I thought crows were scavengers, I didn't know they were lethal
Wraith_Of_Yharnam@reddit
Corvids in general can be nasty, I know someone from my local pub who says from his work office he has seen groups of magpies attack and kill seagulls more than a handful of times
feckarse-drinkgirls@reddit
Crows go after anything they can get their beaks in
Conscious_Cell1825@reddit
I have seen crows predate small rabbits.
EndEfficient8569@reddit
The lamb brought Jeremy some cold food and he punched it to death
Low-Preparation-9083@reddit
i ordered the hit on him. he had unpayed loans
Sausage_Roll__@reddit
RIP lamb
Rock_man_bears_fan@reddit
Surprised he brought the lambs back. Seemed like a disaster in season 1
Super_Shallot2351@reddit
Gotta think of the ÂŁÂŁÂŁ
ztunelover@reddit
Country life has its ups and downs. I am stoked for season 5 of Clarksons Farm.
Schwartzy94@reddit
Sad news :(
Arya and Sansa needed to be "guard" dogs for the lambs or them just running around the are would keep grows away :)
Toon1982@reddit
They are a murder of crows
RumSwizzle508@reddit
Farming is tough
https://youtu.be/CNgyHMJESLE?si=mYTXoBZ2tQmzPoy_