In a message dated 4/18/04 1:56:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< All of the photos I've seen featured crowded groups of sheep kept in tight confinement on raised slatted floors. If ever there were an ideal set up to allow disease and parasites to run rampant, that is it, and yet they adapted to thrive in a high stress, highly crowded environment. >> I read that the holding pen pictures are the final voyage to butchering. That shepherds don't own much land and have a tough time getting their stock to acceptable weight before the sheep are accepted into the "fattening" pens. I don't think they are being raised in small pens. I believe it was Carol's site that I read about that. I think they are allowed to roam/graze in certain areas. My memory is probably fading, but that's what I remember reading. :-) We really don't have much information available from the Barbado island shepherds. Wouldn't it be cool if we had some of those shepherd(ess) on this list? Boy, we could drill them for info. lol =============================================== This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
