{"id":21540,"date":"2015-06-11T16:41:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T16:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=21540"},"modified":"2015-06-11T16:41:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T16:41:02","slug":"50000-as-many-as-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/06\/50000-as-many-as-that\/","title":{"rendered":"50,000 as many as that"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Timuru to Mexico<br \/>\nAnd it takes 16 days<br \/>\nA journey of a lifetime<br \/>\nNot worthy of praise<\/p>\n<p>Aboard a ship and loading<br \/>\n50,000 souls<br \/>\nNew Zealand helping Mexico<br \/>\nTo score a few more goals<\/p>\n<p>This is a massive export<br \/>\nAnd what of all those sheep<br \/>\nMany are bound to be fearful<br \/>\nThis contract makes me weep<\/p>\n<p>For sure the farmers will be<br \/>\nHappy what they achieved<br \/>\nBut such an enormous shipment<br \/>\nI For one believed<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just not fair to do this<br \/>\nOn quite so many who<br \/>\nWill suffer through their welfare<br \/>\nAnd may die as many do<\/p>\n<p>They will not eat they panic<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s an alarming state<br \/>\nThey are sailing tomorrow<br \/>\nAnd what will be their fate<\/p>\n<p>It is said the are not going<br \/>\nTo be killed when they get there<br \/>\nThey are breeding sheep<br \/>\nSo it&#8217;s positive but few do seem aware<\/p>\n<p>That it&#8217;s  such a terrible journey<br \/>\nAnd itWill take it&#8217;s toll for sure<br \/>\nAnd those that fall sick upon the ship<br \/>\nMany will ignore<\/p>\n<p>We have to watch and listen<br \/>\nHow many do survive<br \/>\nWhat is a terrible journey<br \/>\nWhat is a modern drive<\/p>\n<p>So watch this space and listen<br \/>\nAs to how many will be<br \/>\nAnd what will become of those who don&#8217;t<br \/>\nJust thrown in the sea<\/p>\n<p>We shall wait to hear the outcome<br \/>\nAnd imagine their fear and woe<br \/>\n11,000 kilo metres in great holds<br \/>\nDown below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Timuru to Mexico And it takes 16 days A journey of a lifetime Not worthy of praise Aboard a ship and loading 50,000 souls New Zealand helping Mexico To score a few more goals This is a massive export &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/06\/50000-as-many-as-that\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lambs-and-sheep","category-live-exports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21541,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21540\/revisions\/21541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}