School Lamb Slaughtered

A primary school in Kent, England, sent their pet lamb to a slaughterhouse on Monday, to the dismay of parents, animal rights groups, and the general public. Students at Lydd Primary School reared six-month-old Marcus, even feeding him by hand, as part of a program meant to educate children about farming. While treated like a class pet, Marcus was always supposed to be killed. Comedian Paul O’Grady offered to buy the lamb and give him sanctuary, but the school’s student council, made up of 14 seven to 11-year-olds, voted almost unanimously to slaughter the lamb and sell the meat to raise money to buy pigs. Hopefully Marcus’s controversial fate will make people realize where their meat actually comes from.