Here's an interesting - if gruesome - one. It's one of the many hares that live - or lived - out on the arable acres of our farm, and has been savaged by the hare coursing gangs that drive over our fields late at night, uninvited and unwelcome. The hare would have been safe among the livestock fields, as they are fenced and locked; the hare coursers haven't started driving across those - yet - and do their foul work on the open wheat and barley fields. I'm waiting for the hunt sabs/League Against Cruel Sports to come out and confront these gangs they same way that they confront the fox hunts....but I think it'll be a long wait. Anyway, it's not a direct victim of arable farming, but it's worth telling the tale anyway.
G'day Charlie. Given the year is nearly up and you've been pretty unsuccessful in documenting very much of telling importance, are you prepared to admit that your blog has not been as successful as you might have hoped?
ReplyDeleteWhat ho, Graeme. Possibly not quite as successful, but certainly not a failure. I've had a fascinating year arguing with assorted vegans/veggies as a result of the original article, and I'm honing the lines of argument into a neat summary (possibly for another article) of the curious lines they use. You know the sort of thing I mean: "Yeah but wheat also goes to feed animals!" "Insects aren't animals!" "Insects don't feel pain!" And of course, my all-time favourite: "No vegan has ever threatened a meat eater!" Anyway, I'm planning to keep the blog trundling along as the months go by....Best wishes, Charlie.
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