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2009-04-08 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

NZ sheep ranchers ordered to stop using sheepdogs

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Posted by Seafarious 2009-04-08 00:42|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 They tried using muslims but it made the sheep way too nervous.

Posted by ed 2009-04-08 01:27|| 2009-04-08 01:27|| Front Page Top

#2 The supermarket chain has told its major supplier of lamb to stop using dogs, which it claims cause stress to the animals.

Eating them puts a lot of stress on them too, fool.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-04-08 08:05|| 2009-04-08 08:05|| Front Page Top

#3 ' We don't have a problem with sheepdogs, but we need to make sure they treat the sheep in a considerate manner, so they don't stress the sheep out.'

Anthropomorphic twits.

Anyone who has ever been around sheep and watched a good sheepdog (a thing of beauty in itself) trying to do its duties knows why it 'runs riot' when trying to control them. Domestic sheep are pretty stupid, 'stressed out' most of the time anyway and don't follow human orders well (even beating the ground with sticks would only cause them to look at you once or twice and go back to grazing). You need to push, shove, drag or 'nip' them to get them to go in a predetermined direction.

My great uncle (who kept a few) told me that the domestic sheep would be one of the first animals to die off if humans ever became extinct as they are pretty incapable of fending for themselves, other than eating whatever is around them.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2009-04-08 08:09|| 2009-04-08 08:09|| Front Page Top

#4 The West is rapidly committing cultural suicide.

Posted by lotp 2009-04-08 08:41|| 2009-04-08 08:41|| Front Page Top

#5 I believe New Zealand and Australia are leading suppliers of mutton to Saudi and other ME markets. Sounds like the Muzzies are 'offended' again and supermarket is bowing to Muslims.

Posted by Thealing Borgia 122 2009-04-08 10:40|| 2009-04-08 10:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Tesco was bloody quick to pull all the danish products off its shelves during the Motoons boycott.

Posted by Seafarious 2009-04-08 10:46|| 2009-04-08 10:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Yeah, the stress diagnosis sounds like a recommendation from a Muslim scientist based on ulterior motives.

Posted by Galactic Coordinator Omavising9607 2009-04-08 15:09|| 2009-04-08 15:09|| Front Page Top

#8 The West is rapidly committing cultural suicide.

It is a sad day for Western Civilization when a nation of sheep botherers loses the collective will to bother sheep.

Posted by SteveS 2009-04-08 15:24|| 2009-04-08 15:24|| Front Page Top

#9 However a spokesperson for the National Farmers Union said there was no evidence that sheepdogs caused animals to feel stressed.

Maybe some of the Tesco buyers can talk to the sheep and find out if that's really true.
This is baaaad...

Posted by tu3031 2009-04-08 15:41|| 2009-04-08 15:41|| Front Page Top

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