Food & Drink: Mark of a Job Well Done ; the Rspca Celebrates the Success of Its Freedom Food Label Next Week, As More Farms Sign Up to Its Welfare Standards
Birmingham Post › September 23, 2006
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"You can manage them by their stomachs - rather like teenage boys," National Trust warden Howard Smith explains as he calls his flock of Jacob sheep with the rattle of a feed bag.
A cluster of black and white ewes leaps into action from across the grassy park, eyes sparkling at the chance of a quick snack.See the full content of this document
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Food & Drink: Mark of a Job Well Done ; the Rspca Celebrates the Success of Its Freedom Food Label Next Week, As More Farms Sign Up to Its Welfare Standards
Are they really that intelligent. I mean some people believe they have more brains than a dog? I ask. "It depends how you manage intelligence," Howard replies.
"Well, I knew a farmer in Wales whose ewe used to run up to a cattle grid and then roll over it," RSPCA assessor Sue Ironmonger adds."All her lambs learnt to do the same...See the full content of this document
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