Old Boar
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Gobsmacked!
A pig in the wild would be lucky to live to 8 years old. A domesticated pig may live to up to 15 years but that is not natural conditions.
Yes, they are stunned with electric tongs as this renders them unconscious within seconds and has been found to be the most effective way. I would ask to see the studies that show pigs are often not stunned correctly - I never saw this in 100s of pigs I took. A fully conscious pig being stuck with a knife would be a very dangerous animal indeed.
Thomas Hardy wrote Jude the Obscure (this is in the next "lesson") in 1894 for an adult reader. It is about the institution of marriage and religion. People would have been used to seeing a pig "stuck" in those days, and did not have the same ideals about animals.
As @Suffolk Serf has said, it is the use of language that worries me, reminiscent of tabloid newspapers, designed to inflame.
Having instigated a complaint lately, against a teacher, I was surprised that the Head did not know what was being taught. (Age 14 Grandson) This could be the case here as the curriculum is very closely monitored and prescribed. Follow the complaints procedure to the letter and then if this does not bring any joy, take it further with the OFSTED. Teachers are rightly scared of OFSTED. They have wide ranging powers, as I know having survived two inspections.
A pig in the wild would be lucky to live to 8 years old. A domesticated pig may live to up to 15 years but that is not natural conditions.
Yes, they are stunned with electric tongs as this renders them unconscious within seconds and has been found to be the most effective way. I would ask to see the studies that show pigs are often not stunned correctly - I never saw this in 100s of pigs I took. A fully conscious pig being stuck with a knife would be a very dangerous animal indeed.
Thomas Hardy wrote Jude the Obscure (this is in the next "lesson") in 1894 for an adult reader. It is about the institution of marriage and religion. People would have been used to seeing a pig "stuck" in those days, and did not have the same ideals about animals.
As @Suffolk Serf has said, it is the use of language that worries me, reminiscent of tabloid newspapers, designed to inflame.
Having instigated a complaint lately, against a teacher, I was surprised that the Head did not know what was being taught. (Age 14 Grandson) This could be the case here as the curriculum is very closely monitored and prescribed. Follow the complaints procedure to the letter and then if this does not bring any joy, take it further with the OFSTED. Teachers are rightly scared of OFSTED. They have wide ranging powers, as I know having survived two inspections.