Counting sheep

I LIVE in a livestock farming area in Wales and my staunch vegan neighbours would criticise me for wearing wool, as that was being cruel to sheep, apparently. What they would have said about Jeremy Vine’s ham and cheese sandwich I don’t know (Mail). I got so fed up with being berated that I asked what they thought would happen to the cows, sheep, pigs and chickens if we all decided to adopt their way of life.

I pointed out that farmers don’t keep livestock to make the countryside look pretty, so they would all disappear, as they would no longer have a purpose.

My vegan neighbours thought for a bit and then said the RSPCA would find good homes for them.

There are ten million sheep in Wales and three million humans, so we would have to take at least three sheep each. Fine if you have a big garden, but not much fun if you live in a flat on Cardiff Bay.

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