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Scholsey

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Herefordshire
Amazing how many Cowmen have a gun but won’t shoot a cow rather leave it sat until the vet or the knacker man come an hour or so later

most would be lucky if only had to wait a hour, I was a kid (16yo) helping a contractor silaging at big dairy farm and poor old cow had to been dragged out into a field on the poached to hell bit in a gateway but was rock hard with no grass, was parked waiting for another trailer to tip so jumped up and chucked her some grass down as she’d been there 3-4 hours that I could see, farmers father en law ranted at me for doing it yet it was the next day the knacker man came, my bit of silage the only thing she had.

Think a lot of farmers/herdsmen think once they’ve made the phone call then the sick animal isn’t their problem anymore.

I trust no one but myself to sort out anything that needs it. 12bore for any over a year .410 for anything under, job done.
 

JD-Kid

Member
here no firearms licence to buy or use one
but have to be bleed or brain pithed after stuned not just stuned with bolt
used to have a fully suppressed 45 acp marlin but govt thought they needed it more
used to kill around 200 a day for a pet food co now 5 is about my best day
sooner have to have a sit down afterwards than know I did not care for a animal in destress
 

Imp perfect

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Knacker I worked with didn't used to pith or cut, and it turned my stomach. They drop like a rock when shot with CB, but they're only stunned (cattle). Single use piths or a sharp knife don't cost much, and it's essential after CB. As others have said, the brain is pretty small and behind a lot of bone, it's not uncommon for them to return to normal rhythmic breathing after just CB - which IMO is totally unacceptable and avoidable.

Re the original question, CB is a loud pop / click. I reckon a door slamming is louder. If you pop ear defenders on, you'll hardly hear it. Or ask your vet / knacker if they can make a quick job of it.
 

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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