{"id":47098,"date":"2020-07-30T21:57:02","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T21:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=47098"},"modified":"2020-07-30T22:35:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T22:35:45","slug":"the-goat-farm-in-yorkshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/07\/the-goat-farm-in-yorkshire\/","title":{"rendered":"The goat farm in Yorkshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks goodness for SURGE<br \/>\nWho had more than an urge<br \/>\nTo check out the GOAT farm<br \/>\nWhere<br \/>\nHuge numbers were kept<br \/>\nBy those Not so adept<br \/>\nGiving them<br \/>\nBig time despair<\/p>\n<p>Even toed ungulates<br \/>\nRuminants<br \/>\nIntelligent animals they<br \/>\nAre very curious and very agile<br \/>\nOutside feeding<br \/>\nThey spread every day<br \/>\nA four chambered stomach<br \/>\nMany have beards<br \/>\nphilosphers  in many ways<br \/>\nAnd so being brutal<br \/>\nIt won\u2019t go down well<br \/>\nFor  eventually everyone pays<\/p>\n<p>At Far Marsh Farm<br \/>\nThe founder<br \/>\nAngus Wiekkopolski<br \/>\nSaid he<br \/>\nDidn\u2019t have a clue<br \/>\nWhat was happening<br \/>\nAnd if he doesn\u2019t know<br \/>\nThen sadly<\/p>\n<p>No wonder the goats<br \/>\nGot a thrashing<br \/>\nThe workers<br \/>\nSo called<br \/>\nLove to be<br \/>\nPunching them hitting them<br \/>\nWith their long poles<br \/>\nGrabbing their ears<br \/>\nMercilessly<\/p>\n<p>Slamming Them  down on the ground<br \/>\nWhen they felt like it<br \/>\nThe work man had no feeling They<br \/>\nShowed wilful neglect<br \/>\nAnd rebellious ways<br \/>\nUtter contempt we can say<br \/>\nClearly with no understanding<br \/>\nOf the ancestral roots<br \/>\nGoats proclaim<br \/>\nThey go back a long way<br \/>\nHeritage wise<br \/>\nSo respect is a need<br \/>\nLet me say<\/p>\n<p>I know quite a lot about goats<br \/>\nAnd the need to respect them<br \/>\nFor each has its worth<br \/>\nUsing expletives and threatening behaviour<br \/>\nThey just were not put on gods earth<br \/>\nTo face shit from ugly humans<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a good job, three of them have been<br \/>\nSacked but the whole bloody lot of them<br \/>\nNeed<br \/>\nAsking why were they obscene<\/p>\n<p>Given reverence Goats are real joyful<br \/>\nPlayful intelligent they<br \/>\nGive<br \/>\nDogs a run for their money<br \/>\nOn brains<br \/>\nSo bashing them that\u2019s not the way<br \/>\nAnd bloody great contracts<br \/>\nWith food chains<br \/>\nJust shows you how they checked out<br \/>\nIf it wasn\u2019t for SURGE and animal rights<br \/>\nWe might have still not known about<\/p>\n<p>They should close this place down<br \/>\nFor certain<br \/>\nThey just are unworthy to run<br \/>\nAnimals have hearts and minds<br \/>\nThey are worthy<br \/>\nOf love and attention and fun<br \/>\nI despise how so many treat animals<br \/>\nThis lot have shown us that their<br \/>\nMorality just didn\u2019t matter<br \/>\nNo obligation to care<\/p>\n<p>And Goats I can tell you<br \/>\nThey feel it<br \/>\nInappropriate behaviour<br \/>\nThey know<br \/>\nUneven or weighted they feel<br \/>\nThey know when handlers are ruthless<br \/>\nAnd they know when people are real<br \/>\nThey also are very responsive<br \/>\nA kind word a pat and a smile<br \/>\nAnimals lives are important<br \/>\nThey don\u2019t want you to feel their futile<\/p>\n<p>I love goats<br \/>\nBorn in the Chinese year of the Goat<br \/>\nUnder the sign of ARIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks goodness for SURGE Who had more than an urge To check out the GOAT farm Where Huge numbers were kept By those Not so adept Giving them Big time despair Even toed ungulates Ruminants Intelligent animals they Are very &hellip; 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