{"id":756079,"date":"2019-01-31T08:35:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T13:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756079"},"modified":"2019-01-31T08:35:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T13:35:12","slug":"a-farmer-taking-his-lambs-to-slaughter-diverted-halfway-and-took-them-to-an-animal-sanctuary-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756079","title":{"rendered":"A farmer taking his lambs to slaughter diverted halfway and took them to an animal sanctuary instead"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>It\u2019s been difficult for me for many years and having always worked on farms this has been in the back of my mind. It took me a while to make this decision. I just couldn\u2019t do it any more.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>JOSH BARRIE:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;A farmer who was driving his flock of lambs to an abattoir diverted to an animal sanctuary after getting too upset about the coming slaughter. Sivalingam Vasanthakumar, 60, who lives in Cornworthy, Devon, was on his way to have his lambs killed for meat when he had a change of heart. Mr Vasanthakumar said he was due to make about \u00a310k, but, overcome with emotion, travelled 200 miles to Goodheart Animal Sanctuaries near Kidderminster instead.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The farmer said he had been tending livestock for 47 years after starting out at his parent\u2019s dairy farm in Sri Lanka. But he said his last trip changed his entire outlook, and seeing his lambs in the back of his trailer proved too much. Mr Vasanthakumar, who\u2019s now a vegetarian, said: \u201cThe main reason was because I didn\u2019t like them being killed&#8221;. \u201cI\u2019ve always taken my animals to slaughter and killed the pork myself, I\u2019m not ignorant to how farming works but it always made me stressed. It would stress the animals out too \u2013 they knew their fate&#8221;&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Mr Vasanthakumar said there was nothing extraordinary about the batch of lambs that altered his mindset, but explained it was a decision formed over a number of trips to the abattoir. \u201cIt\u2019s been difficult for me for many years and having always worked on farms this has been in the back of my mind,\u201d he said. \u201cFor the last three months I was getting a batch ready to go and I decided I couldn\u2019t do it any more. \u201cIt took me a while to make this decision, there was nothing special about this batch. I just couldn\u2019t do it any more&#8221;.&#8217;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/environment\/farmer-lambs-slaughter-diverted-animal-sanctuary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-4usNxuGvwc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOSH BARRIE: &#8216;A farmer who was driving his flock of lambs to an abattoir diverted to an animal sanctuary after getting too upset about the coming slaughter. Sivalingam Vasanthakumar, 60, who lives in Cornworthy, Devon, was on his way to have his lambs killed for meat when he had a change of heart. 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