{"id":71149,"date":"2026-03-16T14:23:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=71149"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:26:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:26:41","slug":"lambing-to-our-deaths-we-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/03\/lambing-to-our-deaths-we-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Lambing. To our deaths we go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three little lambs were heard to be<br \/>\nChatting in a pen, and ultimately<br \/>\nPondering on how they each would die<br \/>\nWould they be stunned first<br \/>\nAnd might they cry<\/p>\n<p>One said three ways<br \/>\nWe could pass on<br \/>\nKosher, halal or they may stun<br \/>\nFrom the  green green earth<br \/>\nAnd the  sweet young grass<br \/>\nA herbal bouquet<br \/>\nThat was just first class<\/p>\n<p>A Bunch of herbs<br \/>\nTo prepare our way<br \/>\nWhat method will we<br \/>\nReceive that  day<\/p>\n<p>Halal, that  thought<br \/>\njust so much fear<br \/>\nLead into a place<br \/>\nA sharp blade is near<br \/>\nSlices my throat<br \/>\nMy trachea<br \/>\nMy esophagus<br \/>\nAnd carotid artery<br \/>\nAnd my jugular vein<br \/>\nWhen I shake and I scream eternally<br \/>\nI would be conscious<br \/>\nTo that awful pain<\/p>\n<p>The passage of death<br \/>\nIt would follow<br \/>\nOn<\/p>\n<p>The other lamb said kosher for me<br \/>\nAnother religion seemingly<br \/>\nI will pass too, similarly<br \/>\nAs they slice my throat<br \/>\nPainstakingly<\/p>\n<p>My soul will fly<br \/>\nAccordingly<\/p>\n<p>The other I too will face<br \/>\nDeath oh dear<br \/>\nprodded and forced<br \/>\nAlong it\u2019s clear<br \/>\nShe will be stunned<br \/>\nPossible once<br \/>\nOr twice or even potentially thrice<br \/>\nThen they will prepare<br \/>\nMe<br \/>\nCut me to pieces<br \/>\nThat\u2019s when real life<br \/>\nOn earth  yes it ceases<\/p>\n<p>Being an animal in this land<br \/>\nWhere monsters eat babies<br \/>\nIt seems they planned<br \/>\nOur death as soon as our mothers gazed<br \/>\nDown on us though we  were beautifully raised<br \/>\nTiny little fluff balls<br \/>\nWe came from  the sky<br \/>\nA few short weeks<br \/>\nAnd we had to die <\/p>\n<p>We bounced along<br \/>\nour short time on earth<br \/>\nHardly  ever noticed<br \/>\nAfter our birth<br \/>\nWe were all so happy<br \/>\nAnd playfully<br \/>\nWe skipped and we jumped<br \/>\nAccordingly.<\/p>\n<p>We wished we were human<br \/>\nIt just seemed<br \/>\nunfair<br \/>\nIf we were human<br \/>\nWe would want to share<br \/>\nLife force with them<br \/>\nRather than die<\/p>\n<p>And carry on eating<br \/>\nOur grass <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three little lambs were heard to be Chatting in a pen, and ultimately Pondering on how they each would die Would they be stunned first And might they cry One said three ways We could pass on Kosher, halal or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/03\/lambing-to-our-deaths-we-go\/\">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":[905,344,835,22,377,29,514,743,752,145,647,44,561,139,717],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-day-in-the-life","category-abandonment","category-agriculture","category-death-and-dying","category-duty-of-care-was-never-there","category-food-processing","category-halal","category-kosher","category-lack-of-understanding","category-lambs-and-sheep","category-meat-trade","category-milk-and-its-associated-problems","category-ritual","category-slaughterhouses-and-operatives","category-supermarkets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71149","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=71149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71152,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71149\/revisions\/71152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}