{"id":39971,"date":"2019-01-18T19:28:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T19:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=39971"},"modified":"2019-01-18T19:31:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T19:31:30","slug":"exporting-animals-to-their-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/01\/exporting-animals-to-their-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Exporting animals to their death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abandoned we&#8217;ve been just that<br \/>\nLoaded on a truck<br \/>\nComing down from Scotland<br \/>\nIts cold it just does suck!<\/p>\n<p>Profit thats the keyword<br \/>\nThe farmer didnt say<br \/>\nGoodbye he just closed up the doors<br \/>\nAnd left,  yesterday<\/p>\n<p>And we are on our own ofcourse<br \/>\nRumbling along<br \/>\nI feel rather sick<br \/>\nThe motion gets to me<br \/>\nIts wrong<\/p>\n<p>But the  we  are live exports<br \/>\nProfitable you see<br \/>\nOn our way to Ransgate<br \/>\nAnd then a across the sea<\/p>\n<p>To calais then to southern Spain<br \/>\nWhere we end up as Veal<br \/>\nUnweaned babies full of fear<br \/>\nIt is the real deal<\/p>\n<p>Ofcourse we should be thankful<br \/>\nAnd grateful for the chance<br \/>\nTo be tortured and be beaten<br \/>\nOn our way to France<\/p>\n<p>No one has compunction<br \/>\nOr compassion anymore<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re treated just like cargo<br \/>\nThrown around in store<\/p>\n<p>Our lives are just long suffering<br \/>\nThe consolation here<br \/>\nIs now at least we are moving<br \/>\nThat much now is clear<\/p>\n<p>Thrown about and bruised a bit<br \/>\nNo food or water here<br \/>\nNo where to really take a shit<br \/>\nWhich isnt about to cheer<\/p>\n<p>Any of us actually<br \/>\nThere is nothing worse than being<br \/>\nAll cramped up like animals<br \/>\nWho really are all seeing<\/p>\n<p>At Ramsgate we do have our friends<br \/>\nThe protectors and they do<br \/>\nGive us water sometimes<br \/>\nAnd,  we hear them too<\/p>\n<p>Clearly they are angels<br \/>\nWe do appreciate<br \/>\nTheir love and their commitment<br \/>\nWhen we have to wait<\/p>\n<p>The crossing is uncomfortable<br \/>\nI personally feel unwell<br \/>\nBut nobody on here cares much<br \/>\nAnd so if we feel like hell<\/p>\n<p>We have to feel it by ourselves<br \/>\nJust knuckle down and try<br \/>\nTo last the voyage out if we can<br \/>\nThough sadly some do  die<\/p>\n<p>And they will get chucked overboard<br \/>\nInto the raging brine<br \/>\nTo get eaten by the seagulls<br \/>\nWhere the sun dont shine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abandoned we&#8217;ve been just that Loaded on a truck Coming down from Scotland Its cold it just does suck! Profit thats the keyword The farmer didnt say Goodbye he just closed up the doors And left, yesterday And we are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/01\/exporting-animals-to-their-death\/\">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":[344,173,216,147,104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abandonment","category-activism","category-animal-sacrifice","category-animals-used-for-food","category-calves-and-cows-and-bulls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39971","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=39971"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39973,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39971\/revisions\/39973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}