legal or ethical?

[PhilipB]

This is a disgusting idea that came to me last year....

Supposing one kept a pig in the corner of ones lambing shed and chucked to it all the casualties and afterbirths...

Presumably this is not a legal method of clearing 'fallen stock.'

but in terms of ethics- Pigs are carrion eaters by nature, aren't they?

 

[PhilipB]

I should add that I have no experience of pig keeping

 

[Nearly]

No.
Cut out the middle sheep and just keep pigs.
Veggie ones obviously.

 

[puppet]

Have you considered a diversification project with an undertaker?
Endless supply, perfect recycling ticks all the boxes

 

[Kidds]

Well even more disgusting is that it was a common design where the outside toilet (they were all outside) was simply a seat with a hole that dropped down to the pig sty.
Not saying that it was a good idea and I wouldn't be eating the pig.

 

[spin cycle]

Well even more disgusting is that it was a common design where the outside toilet (they were all outside) was simply a seat with a hole that dropped down to the pig sty.
Not saying that it was a good idea and I wouldn't be eating the pig.

friend of mine saw that whilst visiting india

 

[BRB John]

Couldn't you say the same about keeping a wolf/dog in the corner of the lambing shed?

 

[Nearly]

 

[Dry Rot]

friend of mine saw that whilst visiting india

An old pal of mine had been behind the lines in Burma during WWII. Any new recruits were given a serious warning not to eat the pork supplied by the natives. I think it's the pork trichina worm that has quite an interesting life cycle. That requires a long spell in hospital on return to GB.

 

[Kidds]

friend of mine saw that whilst visiting india

I bet they saw a lot worse than that.

 

[David1968]

Ffs, should've been a warning on this thread. I've just had my lunch

 

[Blue.]

Ffs, should've been a warning on this thread. I've just had my lunch

Bacon?

 

[puppet]

Caerlaverock castle has double decker toilet built into the walls. Upper one sat with feet either side of your shoulders. No idea if there were pigs involved.

 

[MRT]

Tibetan Sky Burial anyone?

Welsh version involves more crows and magpies so less glamour

 

[sjt01]

In Malawi, they used molasses from the sugar cane to make ethanol, some going to Malawi Gin (which was excellent) Malawi whiskey (dire), some to add to petrol at 20%. The spent yeasts etc were fed to fish and chickens. Heads, guts etc from those were fed to the crocodiles, which gave crocodile meat and handbags.

 

[Tamar]

Great idea.........now where did that RT inspector go !!

 

[Woolless]

Tibetan Sky Burial anyone?

Welsh version involves more crows and magpies so less glamour

I think they're having trouble now. There's an anti-inflammatory in some of the corpses which is toxic to vultures.

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

Well even more disgusting is that it was a common design where the outside toilet (they were all outside) was simply a seat with a hole that dropped down to the pig sty.
Not saying that it was a good idea and I wouldn't be eating the pig.

I stayed in a shack in southern India with one of those "facilities".

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

I think they're having trouble now. There's an anti-inflammatory in some of the corpses which is toxic to vultures.

There's a cattle drug as well that's doing the same unfortunately.

 

[Lowland1]

My landlord put up a slaughterhouse on the farm. He directed the washings etc through a pig yard. My wife a Vet gave him a real hard time about this so he got rid of the pigs and got half a dozen crocodiles instead.