{"id":71543,"date":"2026-06-01T19:23:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=71543"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:45:42","slug":"rural-arrogance-rural-ignorance-rural-torture-rural-agony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/06\/rural-arrogance-rural-ignorance-rural-torture-rural-agony\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural arrogance Rural Ignorance Rural Torture  Rural agony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These so called marvellous breeding places<br \/>\nPheasants and Partridges<br \/>\nGet to be<br \/>\nMade to lay millions of eggs<br \/>\nHave chicks it\u2019s for the shooters, we<br \/>\nHear them clucking on about<br \/>\nAmazing standards and short cuts none<br \/>\nLooked after in their lovely cages<br \/>\nHeart Of England     fire the gun<\/p>\n<p>Other than properly  cared for creatures<br \/>\nFed and watered and loved to bits<br \/>\nA reporter happened to be right there<br \/>\nAnd saw an injury at the pits<br \/>\nOf what could be described<br \/>\nAs Hellish damage<br \/>\nA full prolapse and there it sat<br \/>\nScreaming out in utter terror<br \/>\nIn filthy cages where it was at<\/p>\n<p>No vet around just shit and widdle<br \/>\nBlood and vomit painful cries<br \/>\nIt\u2019s soaked feathers<br \/>\nGaping wounds<br \/>\nAn arse third class<br \/>\nTending we see<br \/>\nFilthy gloves and bloodied body<br \/>\nPushing the innards back was he<br \/>\nImagine the sickening unrelenting<br \/>\nagony<br \/>\nThe shooting mobsters this  young hen<br \/>\nWould  end up traversing  water hell<br \/>\nScreaming from her busted Base frame<br \/>\nSo small yet a dreadful smell<\/p>\n<p>She oh dear an egg producer<br \/>\nStressing over all that she<br \/>\nWas put on earth to carry out<br \/>\nA miracle apparently<br \/>\nBut due to crazy hazy working<br \/>\nDirty filthy nasty souls<br \/>\nWho look at this as just a victim<br \/>\nWhere the hell are the controls<\/p>\n<p>To be shot by gangs of shooters<br \/>\nLead at the ready toxic stew<br \/>\nBeaters frighten<br \/>\nThey fly skywards<br \/>\nThat\u2019s what any of them do<br \/>\nOn fear we lift our precious bodies<br \/>\nFeathers flapping off we go<br \/>\nWait for the lead shot,  to down us<br \/>\nA contaminant as well we know.<\/p>\n<p>These poor birds entirely vulnerable<br \/>\nLook into their eyes so clear<br \/>\nSuffering enormous pain<br \/>\nNo painkillers their awful fear<br \/>\nBrought down to drown perhaps in water<br \/>\nNo one cares no not at all<br \/>\nShooting pretty birds is great fun<br \/>\nJust watch them spiral as they fall.<\/p>\n<p>Homage to a neglected terribly injured egg laying pheasant for the shooting industry that supposedly never puts a foot wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These so called marvellous breeding places Pheasants and Partridges Get to be Made to lay millions of eggs Have chicks it\u2019s for the shooters, we Hear them clucking on about Amazing standards and short cuts none Looked after in their &hellip; 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