[MA]

despicable. its funny how people who only see killing in films and news reports want to do it for themselves, and go on to brag about it if they do, but those who have had to do it or do it for their job don't even like talking about it. they have more respect, and in some cases force themselves to live with the guilt.

the blokes that work the meat wagons and visit farms to cull livestock generally look a mess. a number of different characters i knew that did this job had a few problems, some caused by the job, others were apparent before they took that line of work up. i found out that a number of my friends that did this work either had depression (or felt depressed) which sparked during the time they had the job, were generally unnerving and 'not right' in the sense that you didn't trust them with the gun, which became apparent when they would shoot the animal with you standing next to it without warning, and others seemed to have fell into it on hard times.

one chap almost broke down on the yard when i told him he had to cull a bull calf. he even tried to get me to do it. that's true. it isn't good for you, so someone who kills animals for fun has never had to do it, i feel, therefore doesn't appreciate the beauty of life. of any living animal. they do it for pleasure, knowing they wont have to clean up the mess afterwards and can go home to a drink. also, they don't have to do it about 30+ times a day.