«Breaking News» Farmer gives 200 lambs set for the dinner table a reprieve

A farmer who became too upset when taking his lambs to the abattoir gave his flock to an animal sanctuary.

Sivalingam Vasanthakumar, from Totnes, Devon, took the 20 male lambs nearly 200 miles to Goodheart Animal Sanctuaries, near Kidderminster.

Mr Vasanthakumar, a farmer for 47 years, said: 'I just couldn't cope any more and I had to say no.'

Sivalingam Vasanthakumar, from Totnes, Devon, took the 20 male lambs nearly 200 miles to Goodheart Animal Sanctuaries, near Kidderminster after he changed his mind about sending the animals to the slaughterhouse

The male rams were due to be slaughtered and turned into meat until Mr Vasanthakumar had a change of mind and decided to grant the animals n unlikely reprieve 

He said that taking the lambs, pictured, to the slaughter house was causing him stress

The sanctuary said the 'lucky' lambs would have fetched about £9,000 if they had been sold.

Mr Vasanthakumar said he had previously worked as a dairy farmer with his parents in Sri Lanka but had also been a farmer in the UK for 'many years'.

'It was taking them to the slaughterhouse and that was stressing me out a lot,' he said.

Mr Vasanthakumar said he also hated to see the 'animals going through that stress'.

Mr Vasanthakumar decided to change his career several months ago when he would normally take the lambs to market.

'I realised this year, I couldn't do it.

'The emotional toll had become too much,' he said.

He said he cooks Indian dishes and planned to sell these and his home-grown vegetables at a Totnes street market instead.

'I will still be in the farming world but not livestock farming anymore,' he said.

The sanctuary, which looks after 220 animals on its 91-acre site, said it had never received lambs from a farmer before.

Sanctuary manager Dave Bourne said there were only a 'handful' of sanctuaries the UK that rehomed rescued farm animals. 

He said: 'The main reason was because I didn't like them being killed.

'It was a very emotional time, I would have to watch all the animals I raised be lined up for slaughter.

'I've always taken my animals to slaughter and killed the pork myself, I'm not ignorant to how farming works but it always made me stressed.

'It would stress the animals out too, they knew their fate.

'They would try to hide in the back of the trailer and wouldn't want to come out. I would have to push them out, it was very stressful for me and the animals.' 

He added: 'It's been difficult for me for many years and having always worked on farms this has been in the back of my mind.

'For the last three months I was getting a batch ready to go and I decided I couldn't do it anymore.

'It took me a while to make this decision, there was nothing special about this batch. I just couldn't do it anymore.'

He said the attitude towards animals in the agricultural trade was different in his home country

He continued: 'In Sri Lanka my parents ran a dairy farm and all the animals were our pets.

'They provided our livelihood, but they were still pets to us. We knew all of the cattle.

'I used to eat lamb but not any more, I'm a vegetarian now. I'll still be farming and I'll grow vegetables.

'It was a difficult decision to make, but the right one.' 

Dave Bourne, sanctuary manager said: 'We're delighted to be able to give the lambs a forever home at our sanctuary.

'They are settling in very well and after monitoring them to make sure they're fit and healthy, they will be introduced to our flock of larger sheep.

'Over 900 million animals are farmed every year in the UK yet only a handful of sanctuaries exist to offer those in need a safe home.

'Goodheart was founded to provide a forever home for these animals, and to campaign for their better treatment.' 

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Main photo article A farmer who became too upset when taking his lambs to the abattoir gave his flock to an animal sanctuary.
Sivalingam Vasanthakumar, from Totnes, Devon, took the 20 male lambs nearly 200 miles to Goodheart Animal Sanctuaries, near Kidderminster.
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