THE letter headlined "Lamb horror" from Jo Allerton (Evening News, April 13) is either just one more piece of propaganda from the animal rights movement or a misunderstanding of farming practice. Hopefully, the latter is true.
Jo Allerton can be assured that no farmer is going to bash any lamb on the head when triplets are born to a ewe.
The third lamb will be placed with a ewe that has produced a single lamb or where one of twins is stillborn.
Often farmers will help out one another by passing on the third lamb to put with one of their ewes that has had a stillborn lamb and the ewe has plenty of good milk to offer. This is a simple task and has been carried out by shepherds for hundreds of years.
British lambs are reared on good pasture by farmers who care. Before commenting further, I suggest Jo Allerton does two things - talk to a farmer or shepherd and ask to help bottle-feed a lamb.
It's wonderful - I've done it myself many times.
MRS H D WOOD,
Rushwick, Worcester.
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