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[pigs squealing]

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[pigs squealing]

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[cows lowing and sheep bleating]

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[roosters crowing]

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[Narration]:
It\'s all about control.

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That\'s the first thing
I learned about farming.

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Sometimes, n you just have to block out

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the hard realities of life.

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Hey, girls. Hi, girls.

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I\'ve always loved animals,

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but I\'ve always
been a meat eater too.

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It wasn\'t until n I moved
back to Nova Scotia

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and married a farm girl
that I began

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to really question n our
relationship with animals.

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This used to be
a major operation,

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500 head of cattle,

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two piggeries and n a
full-time slaughterhouse.

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Thousands of animals died here.

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It was a toxic site
that nobody wanted.

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Hello, ladies.

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We bought this place

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with the vision
of transforming it.

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I loved the idea n of
going back to the land.

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I\'d spent my whole life

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detached from
the real source of meat.

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Maybe it was naiïve to thinkn
I could treat them like pets

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and still kill them
without a conscience.

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But if I was going to continue
eating animals,

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I was going to
raise them myself.

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I decided to start with n
something cute and cuddly.

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[banjo music]

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Julia liked the idea
of raising our own meat.

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She was just worried
about getting attached.

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Julia grew up riding horses.

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This place n was the opportunity she needed

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to turn her passion
into a living.

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Getting to know n the
personality of each horse

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is important in building
a working relationship.

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But when you have to deal

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with the routine slaughter
of livestock,

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it\'s hard to look at them
as individuals.

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Julia\'s brother-in-law,
John Gerrits,

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took on this farm
from his father.

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He\'s had to expand
the operation over time

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to keep up with consumer demand.

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For John, raising pigs
is strictly business.

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- I enjoy farming
and that\'s why I\'m doing it.

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But I didn\'t necessarily
get into farming

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because I liked animals.

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I mean,
I have to take care of them,

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and if I look after them well,
they\'re going to make me money

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but I don\'t have any attachment.

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I guess some farmers do,
but I don\'t feel I really do.

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I sold about 70

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this morning to a buyer
and we left a couple

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there for you. Now, we\'ve got
some with some colour in \'em;

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we thought you might like that.

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- All right.

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Forty pounds?
- Yeah, 40 pounds.

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Okay, just dump him out.

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Just leave him there
and get the other one ready.

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[pig squealing]

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Looks...
No, it\'s a little lighter, 36.

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- Okay.
- Dump him out.

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- All right.

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So now I\'m gonna get him
by the back legs?

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- Yeah. It won\'t hurt him.
- There we go.

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- I\'ll get the other one.
- Okay.

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[pigs grunting]

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[pig squealing]

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Off to their new home.
- That\'s right.

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Hang on, little guys.

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[Narration]: They were tough
little weaner pigs.

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I named them Red and Ernestine.

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I made my first friend
with Ellie.

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You can earn a lot of trust
with a handful of oats.

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I soon realized

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that trust is a funny thingn
between people and livestock,

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because sooner or later,n
the trust is always broken.

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This really hit home for me
at the dairy barn

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where I met Ian Sweet.

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He and his brother, Michael,
now run the family farm.

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They still milk the cows n
in an old-fashioned parlour.

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- They seem to just want
to come in here.

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I mean, there\'s a little bit
of feed that we feed them,

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so they want to come in
for the feed.

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They seem to come in
pretty easily.

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It takes about four milkings

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just for them to get used
to the routine

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of walking in
and then walking out.

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And after that,
they pick right up on it.

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They seem to enjoy it

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in here.

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And they\'re pretty relaxed
and peaceful and stuff.

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- What happens to the cow

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once it stops producing milk?

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- Well, they\'re not bred
for beef,

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but they end up going
for, like, hamburger.

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They just go
to the slaughterhouse and

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then they\'d be... they\'d
basically go into hamburger.

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- Okay.

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- So all the choice hamburgers
that you buy,

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that\'s usually what ends up
with the cow product, right?

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You basically just want the milk
out of the cows.

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A calf, period,
except for a heifer calf,

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is really just a by-product.

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- Uh, you better tell me
what to do \'cause I\'m...

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- Okay. Basically, what we\'re
going to do is,

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I\'ll just cut the rope off here
and hand him to you.

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- All right, buddy.
[calf squealing]

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- You got a good grip on him?
- Yeah.

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- Just walk him right out.
- Come on, little buddy,

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little fella.
- Like a dog on a leash.

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He\'s a cute little fella.

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- Yeah, he\'s kinda cute.

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- It\'ll be interesting, I think,

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having the little guy at home.

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- I think he\'ll be okay

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as long as you don\'t treat him
like a dog. Right?

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He is, you know, food, right?
He\'s not a pet.

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Not to take home with you and
put in your bed with you, right?

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You know what I mean,
cuddle with you.

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- Wanna say goodbye to him?
- Say good-bye to him!

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- There he goes. Bye-bye.

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I\'m not too sure he\'s that
emotionally attached to him.

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- I don\'t think so.

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Now don\'t stick your head
in the window,

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you\'re not a dog.

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[Narration]:I named him JB,

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short for Jersey Boy.

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He was already my favourite.

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I wanted to give my animals
the best life I could,

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as a balance n for their inevitable end.

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I didn\'t want to detach myself

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just to protect
my own conscience.

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Good boy.

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- I\'m sorry
I have to do this to you.

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Okay, easy buddy, easy buddy.

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You\'re done.

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[heavy sighing]

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I\'m sorry, little buddy.

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[Narration]: I thought
I\'d do things on my own

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for the sake of experience.

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But just castrating JB n made
me uncomfortable enough.

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Now let me make sure
I did it right, JB.

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[Narration]: The next challenge
worried me.

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So I turned for guidance
to Julia\'s older sister,

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Gail Sawler.

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She\'s been dealing with issuesn
of farming her whole life.

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She\'s got things all worked out.

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- I had rabbits
when I was a little girl,

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and I wouldn\'t even sell them

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to anybody
that was gonna eat them.

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I\'d have nothing to do
with killing my bunnies.

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But you have to face reality
after awhile.

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- So this is pretty much like
a one-shot instant kill, or...

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- Yes.
That\'s very important to me.

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- So this is pretty much
the most humane way

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you\'ve come up with
for doing this.

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- This is what I\'ve worked out
for myself.

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They get a bullet right...
right down through here

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and... and they\'re dead.

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- All right. Now, Carl still does it
the old-fashioned way.

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Sort of the stick
behind the ears and then...

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- Which knocks them unconscious
and is equally effective,

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but I can\'t measure my blow.

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I find it difficult
to swing a stick.

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Right. All right.

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All right, well, I guess we...

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I\'m ready if you are.
- Ready to go?

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- Yeah, I think so.
- Easy bunny, easy bunny.

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You okay?

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[gunshot]

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- So it\'s just nerves or...?

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- Yeah, that\'s just nerves,
I guess. \'Cause he\'s dead.

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- Holy smokes.
- Yeah.

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Some are quiet
and some kick a lot.

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- Is that normal, Gail?

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- This is normal, actually,
Jason.

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Some breeds seem to kick less,

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this breed seems to have
nerves that make it\'s...

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carcass jump
after it\'s been shot.

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- That\'s the breed
I have, right?

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- Yeah, that\'s the breed you
have. [laughing]

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- Holy smokes.

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I think I\'ll come around,
just so I can see.

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- With young rabbits, you don\'t
need to use your knife a lot,

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because the hide tears off
quite easily with the fingers.

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The way I keep

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this many rabbits
is by selling some for meat,

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because it pays for the feed.
- It pays for the feed,

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but first and foremost,
they\'re your pets.

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- Yes.

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[Narration]: The Bible
draws a definite line

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between humans and animals.

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I question religion
and its certainty.

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Though I\'ve always liked
the idea of ritual

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I decided to make a clearingn
at the back of the property

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for my first slaughter.

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I called it \"The Sanctuary.\"

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I thought killing in nature

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might somehow make it better
for the animal.

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It only took one rabbit

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for me to realize n ideals
don\'t change reality.

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[banjo music]

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[banjo music]

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Okay, ladies.

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Come on, guys.

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- Good, that\'s it.

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Hands nice and low.

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Now use your outside rein,
outside rein.

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Good. Keep her going,
don\'t let her stop.

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Good.

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[Narration]: n After butchering the rabbit,

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I knew I was in over my head...

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but I reminded myself there\'sn
a first time for everything.

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I was determined
to shear my own sheep

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and I wanted n to learn from experience.

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What I needed was a mentor.

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[calling sheep]

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- Come on.

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[calling sheep]

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[Narration]: n As a
full-time meat inspector,

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father of five and n a
farmer since the age of 12,

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Julia\'s cousin, Robert Brydon,

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was just the guy
I was looking for.

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- We keep about 40 ewes,

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half-a-dozen head
of beef cattle.

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We raise 2,000 free-range birds
every year,

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keep a half-a-dozen hogs.

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Every animal is unique,
you love them all.

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You make a bond
with the majority of them,

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and there comes a time

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when you know
that it\'s time to let go,

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and you respect the animal

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and still love the animal,

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even as you slaughter it.

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Most people
don\'t think of it that way.

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[sheep bleating]

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[dog barking]

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Put your body into her.

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- Just take the head, Jason,
and push him down. Right.

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And then they\'re up.

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Now, do you wanna hand me
the shears?

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- Okay.

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- We\'re gonna start
at the crotch.

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- Right.
- We\'re just gonna...

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- I\'m just gonna hold her here
and then flip her, okay?

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- Okay.
- Put her right down. Whoop...

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Maybe not as easy.
I\'ll try this.

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Okay?
- Are we bruising the wool?

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- Nope, it\'s okay.

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Get her down. Okay, now up.

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- Okay.

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- Okay, now,
if you can grab the shears...

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Just stay here
in case she goes anywhere.

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I\'m gonna try...
We have to start at the crotch.

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- You\'ll feel the contours
of their body.

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- Right, right.

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Okay.

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Not as good as Robert.

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Oh... sweetie.

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- Did you get her?
- Yeah. It\'s okay.

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- Probably the worst thing
you can do

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is have somebody help you
by pulling on the wool.

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That makes a wrinkle
in their skin.

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- I see.

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- When you wrinkle their skin,
you remove the flesh.

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- Ah, man,
I really cut her that time.

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- Ah, no.
Maybe don\'t do her belly,

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\'cause that\'s, ah, that\'s awful.

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- Okay, I\'ll leave that.

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- All the way out.

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If you don\'t draw any blood,
you\'ve done a good job.

00:24:17.083 --> 00:24:17.999
- Right on.

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:20.958
- Do long strokes...

00:24:20.959 --> 00:24:23.750
It\'ll take it right off.

00:24:23.751 --> 00:24:27.249
- I\'m more concerned about
not hurting her, at this point.

00:24:27.250 --> 00:24:29.249
- Now, to finish him up,
make him pretty,

00:24:29.250 --> 00:24:31.998
you clean up all your
little snags and you\'re done.

00:24:31.999 --> 00:24:35.875
Put her back in the pen for me.
- Wow. That\'s amazing.

00:24:35.876 --> 00:24:37.541
Come here little darlin\'.

00:24:37.542 --> 00:24:40.667
There you go, darlin\'.
- All right.

00:24:41.250 --> 00:24:44.250
She\'s still mad.
- She\'s pissed off.

00:24:45.250 --> 00:24:47.249
But she\'s cooler, right?
- Yeah.

00:24:47.250 --> 00:24:49.250
- She\'s mad, but cooler.

00:25:36.250 --> 00:25:39.209
- Hey, Jessie.
[neighing]

00:25:39.834 --> 00:25:42.458
- How\'s your breathing today?
Hmm?

00:25:42.459 --> 00:25:45.334
How you feeling?
Let me listen.

00:25:50.167 --> 00:25:50.999
Come here.

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:53.958
Come here, let\'s do this.

00:25:53.959 --> 00:25:56.625
Let\'s put this on you.

00:25:56.626 --> 00:25:58.998
All right.

00:25:58.999 --> 00:26:00.999
Okay? Ready?

00:26:03.709 --> 00:26:05.249
Good girl.

00:26:05.250 --> 00:26:07.250
Another one?

00:26:08.626 --> 00:26:10.249
Good girl.

00:26:10.250 --> 00:26:11.918
Another one?

00:26:15.999 --> 00:26:17.876
Two more.

00:26:20.250 --> 00:26:23.918
That\'s a good girl.
One more, come on, one more.

00:26:25.459 --> 00:26:26.875
[Narration]: n I think Jessie cooperates

00:26:26.876 --> 00:26:28.208
in taking her asthma medication

00:26:28.209 --> 00:26:30.625
because she knows
it\'s for her own good.

00:26:30.626 --> 00:26:34.417
- There you go.
That\'ll make you feel better.

00:26:39.709 --> 00:26:43.958
[Narration]:When it came time n
to take Red to The Sanctuary,

00:26:43.959 --> 00:26:44.998
I knew it might be tricky.

00:26:44.999 --> 00:26:49.249
Pigs are supposed to be then
smartest animals on the farm.

00:26:49.250 --> 00:26:51.249
I was hoping
that with a little feed,

00:26:51.250 --> 00:26:54.626
he\'d just follow me out
to the truck.

00:26:57.250 --> 00:26:58.998
I guess n I shouldn\'t have told him

00:26:58.999 --> 00:27:01.751
he was invited to a barbeque.

00:27:25.250 --> 00:27:26.998
Okay, he\'s on, he\'s on.

00:27:26.999 --> 00:27:29.918
- He\'s on?
- Yeah. Yeah.

00:27:38.417 --> 00:27:40.918
[Red squealing]

00:28:29.918 --> 00:28:31.959
[Red grunting]

00:29:00.667 --> 00:29:01.958
[Narration]:
I was attached to Red

00:29:01.959 --> 00:29:04.998
and I knew if I was going ton
go through with the killing,

00:29:04.999 --> 00:29:09.250
I was going to need help
letting go.

00:29:10.876 --> 00:29:13.249
- Hi, Robert.
- Hi, Jase, how are you?

00:29:13.250 --> 00:29:13.999
- Good.

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:16.500
- How\'s the water coming?
- It\'s almost there.

00:29:16.501 --> 00:29:17.250
- Is it?
- Yeah.

00:29:17.251 --> 00:29:19.458
[Narration]: It was different
with Robert there.

00:29:19.459 --> 00:29:21.249
He told me harvesting an animal

00:29:21.250 --> 00:29:24.250
is just like picking a tomato.

00:29:25.250 --> 00:29:26.833
It was so straightforward
to him,

00:29:26.834 --> 00:29:31.291
I felt like I just had ton
pull up my boots and do it.

00:29:31.292 --> 00:29:32.458
The placement\'s important,
right?

00:29:32.459 --> 00:29:33.958
- Yup. The placement is
important, Jason.

00:29:33.959 --> 00:29:36.833
Basically, it\'s just about
a half an inch above the eyes.

00:29:36.834 --> 00:29:38.666
- Okay.
- Get him to look at you...

00:29:38.667 --> 00:29:41.249
About half an inch above
the eyes, put it in the centre

00:29:41.250 --> 00:29:43.416
and tip your barrel down,
so that it\'s going down

00:29:43.417 --> 00:29:44.998
into the brain.
They have a small brain.

00:29:44.999 --> 00:29:49.958
So tip it so it\'s downward
and lock your barrel in,

00:29:49.959 --> 00:29:52.249
pull your hammer back...
- Okay.

00:29:52.250 --> 00:29:54.958
And just pull the trigger
while he\'s looking at you

00:29:54.959 --> 00:29:56.249
and then we\'ll stick him.
Okay?

00:29:56.250 --> 00:29:59.334
- Okay. Good enough. Thank you.

00:30:04.751 --> 00:30:07.209
Red, this is it, buddy.

00:30:15.083 --> 00:30:16.249
[gunshot]

00:30:16.250 --> 00:30:20.249
- You just pull the leg up,
Jason, right there.

00:30:20.250 --> 00:30:22.250
- Okay.

00:30:23.250 --> 00:30:25.082
- Good shot, buddy.

00:30:25.083 --> 00:30:26.458
It did the trick.

00:30:26.459 --> 00:30:28.249
You\'ll feel the breastbone.

00:30:28.250 --> 00:30:30.458
Step over, lift the leg up,

00:30:30.459 --> 00:30:33.416
put your other leg
in back of the hog.

00:30:33.417 --> 00:30:34.292
There you go. Let him go.

00:30:34.293 --> 00:30:37.998
Now, Jason, there\'s two cords
in the back of the leg here,

00:30:37.999 --> 00:30:41.249
and you take it by the foot,
put your knife in

00:30:41.250 --> 00:30:43.625
and you\'ll see that
there\'s a cord there

00:30:43.626 --> 00:30:45.750
and a cord there, okay?
- Right.

00:30:45.751 --> 00:30:47.458
- Then your hook
would go in that,

00:30:47.459 --> 00:30:49.541
but I\'ll do them both
at the same time,

00:30:49.542 --> 00:30:52.500
and then you put your cord,
or your knife, in there.

00:30:52.501 --> 00:30:56.166
Okay? Yup, that one
goes in that side,

00:30:56.167 --> 00:30:59.209
you\'ll feel both of them.
Shove your point in.

00:30:59.959 --> 00:31:01.998
Excellent.
Now you put the other one in.

00:31:01.999 --> 00:31:03.249
Now, you lift up on your gambrel

00:31:03.250 --> 00:31:05.833
and these are here
so the cords can\'t slide in,

00:31:05.834 --> 00:31:09.249
and then we drag him out
and we put him in the fire.

00:31:09.250 --> 00:31:11.041
- All right. Let\'s go, Red.

00:31:11.042 --> 00:31:13.250
- Come on, Red.

00:31:15.250 --> 00:31:16.666
Now, Jason, we go up

00:31:16.667 --> 00:31:19.459
and in the water.
- Okay.

00:31:23.292 --> 00:31:24.250
- Down really slow.

00:31:24.251 --> 00:31:27.249
Put his head in here,
in the front.

00:31:27.250 --> 00:31:29.249
- Right.
- Let him right down

00:31:29.250 --> 00:31:31.459
into the water.
- Okay.

00:31:33.417 --> 00:31:35.666
- Pull him out.
- Right.

00:31:35.667 --> 00:31:37.416
Okay, I\'ll just tie it this way.

00:31:37.417 --> 00:31:40.334
- Okay?
- Yeah, I think so.

00:31:47.292 --> 00:31:49.708
- So this is a good scald,
in your opinion?

00:31:49.709 --> 00:31:51.249
- This is a good scald.
- Great.

00:31:51.250 --> 00:31:52.998
- Not bad for what
we\'re working with here.

00:31:52.999 --> 00:31:55.249
We\'re doing all right. Huh?
- I think so.

00:31:55.250 --> 00:31:56.250
For the first time, I\'d say so.

00:31:56.251 --> 00:32:00.042
- For a first-time scald job,
I\'d say you\'re doing excellent.

00:32:09.918 --> 00:32:13.500
- It\'s just bleeding out
of the bullet wound, I guess...

00:32:13.501 --> 00:32:15.250
- Yep, that\'s all.

00:32:16.999 --> 00:32:21.082
We\'re done. Now the next thing we\'re gonna
do is remove the penis here.

00:32:21.083 --> 00:32:21.626
- Okay.

00:32:21.627 --> 00:32:25.958
- So I\'ll just show you
how I mark it. All right?

00:32:25.959 --> 00:32:28.249
Okay, so make sure
you don\'t cut this little sack.

00:32:28.250 --> 00:32:30.458
Put your finger in,
pull it out towards you,

00:32:30.459 --> 00:32:34.334
cut down, close to the belly.
- Okay.

00:32:36.209 --> 00:32:37.917
Keep on cutting?
- Yup. Take that off,

00:32:37.918 --> 00:32:40.333
- This whole lump?
- Yeah, take that right off.

00:32:40.334 --> 00:32:41.541
That\'s full of urine, that sack,

00:32:41.542 --> 00:32:44.041
so you\'ve got to be careful.
- Keep going down?

00:32:44.042 --> 00:32:46.249
- Yup. Now pull it off,
cut it right off.

00:32:46.250 --> 00:32:50.249
Yeah. Good.
Now cut it off at the top.

00:32:50.250 --> 00:32:51.458
Super!

00:32:51.459 --> 00:32:54.998
Okay. Now we cut the pelvis.
All right?

00:32:54.999 --> 00:32:57.750
And in there there\'s
a soft spot, like that. Okay?

00:32:57.751 --> 00:33:01.249
And that just broke the pelvis.
Now we turn it around,

00:33:01.250 --> 00:33:03.998
put the knife in...
- Yeah.

00:33:03.999 --> 00:33:06.958
- Do a 360, around here.
- Okay.

00:33:06.959 --> 00:33:10.998
- Tip your knife-point
so it goes right down his spine,

00:33:10.999 --> 00:33:12.208
careful not to break,

00:33:12.209 --> 00:33:14.166
and you\'ve got it.
- Wow.

00:33:14.167 --> 00:33:15.917
- No contamination, no breakage.

00:33:15.918 --> 00:33:16.998
Now, you open this up,

00:33:16.999 --> 00:33:20.666
and you come right down
to the brisket bone. Okay?

00:33:20.667 --> 00:33:23.458
There we go, he\'s open.
- Is he ever.

00:33:23.459 --> 00:33:25.500
- Now this is your bladder,
kidneys,

00:33:25.501 --> 00:33:28.750
so you want to make sure
you don\'t bust this tube.

00:33:28.751 --> 00:33:31.208
All right?
Up you go, pop that off.

00:33:31.209 --> 00:33:32.249
Now, you take the knife

00:33:32.250 --> 00:33:35.708
and work that down
to about the kidney level.

00:33:35.709 --> 00:33:36.998
Careful not to bust
the bladder sack.

00:33:36.999 --> 00:33:39.291
- It\'s very warm, isn\'t it?
- Yeah, it is.

00:33:39.292 --> 00:33:40.292
- I\'ll be getting behind here?

00:33:40.293 --> 00:33:43.249
- Yup, go right down along
back to that tube,

00:33:43.250 --> 00:33:45.334
pull it down...

00:34:18.667 --> 00:34:21.250
- Up a little bit.
- Okay.

00:34:22.918 --> 00:34:24.834
- Perfect.

00:34:44.999 --> 00:34:47.998
[Narration]:Red was gone.

00:34:47.999 --> 00:34:50.417
It was just meat.

00:34:51.250 --> 00:34:54.292
That\'s what
I kept telling myself.

00:35:23.959 --> 00:35:28.459
According to science,
humans are animals too,

00:35:32.626 --> 00:35:36.167
made of the same flesh and bone.

00:35:43.542 --> 00:35:47.417
Although we may be n the
most intelligent animal...

00:35:48.667 --> 00:35:52.417
we\'re also n the most calculating predator.

00:36:20.250 --> 00:36:21.998
Animals eat other animals.

00:36:21.999 --> 00:36:24.998
I was beginning
to accept our position

00:36:24.999 --> 00:36:28.999
at the top of the food chain

00:37:00.167 --> 00:37:04.209
I wasn\'t sure I was going
to be able to eat Red

00:37:04.459 --> 00:37:06.625
But a meat-eater
at a barbeque

00:37:06.626 --> 00:37:10.334
is just one of the crowd.
- Next.

00:37:10.999 --> 00:37:13.542
- That\'s great.
I\'m gonna start with that.

00:37:15.459 --> 00:37:18.334
When everybody else does it too.

00:37:19.751 --> 00:37:22.876
- Here\'s to Red.
- Yes, here\'s to Red.

00:37:58.334 --> 00:37:59.998
[whistling]

00:37:59.999 --> 00:38:02.918
- Hey, Ernie.
[whistling]

00:38:04.250 --> 00:38:06.082
Come on, girl.

00:38:06.083 --> 00:38:07.999
Come on.

00:38:12.334 --> 00:38:14.417
Come on.

00:38:16.334 --> 00:38:21.875
[Narration]: Ernie was getting
big and she was moody.

00:38:21.876 --> 00:38:26.501
So I wasn\'t too keen on takingn
her down to The Sanctuary.

00:38:35.999 --> 00:38:39.167
I decided to keep her as a sow.

00:38:59.999 --> 00:39:02.209
[banjo music]

00:40:09.209 --> 00:40:11.166
Julia always wanted
a cow named Buttercup,

00:40:11.167 --> 00:40:14.249
so we picked up another calf
to keep JB company.

00:40:14.250 --> 00:40:16.998
We planned to keep her around
for a while,

00:40:16.999 --> 00:40:19.875
so we decided n to have her horns removed

00:40:19.876 --> 00:40:22.167
for our own protection.

00:40:23.999 --> 00:40:27.666
This was definitely a job
for a professional.

00:40:27.667 --> 00:40:31.998
- We\'ll give her
a bit of sedation... Okay?

00:40:31.999 --> 00:40:34.250
That\'s my girl.

00:40:38.626 --> 00:40:39.626
- All right.

00:40:39.627 --> 00:40:42.626
- Good.
That\'ll be it.

00:40:48.250 --> 00:40:50.250
Okay.

00:40:52.250 --> 00:40:55.249
I\'m gonna give some shots
around the head,

00:40:55.250 --> 00:40:56.250
just to be fair.

00:40:56.251 --> 00:40:57.291
They just have a little horn bud

00:40:57.292 --> 00:41:00.998
that transforms the skin
into a horn, the overlying skin.

00:41:00.999 --> 00:41:02.541
So essentially, what we do then

00:41:02.542 --> 00:41:05.249
is just burn off
a little circle of skin.

00:41:05.250 --> 00:41:07.500
Now we have a little bit
of horn here,

00:41:07.501 --> 00:41:09.166
so we\'re gonna have to remove
the horn

00:41:09.167 --> 00:41:11.998
and the underneath horn bud.
She\'s sedated and I froze her.

00:41:11.999 --> 00:41:16.541
Sometimes the freezing doesn\'t
take that well, but we\'ll see.

00:41:16.542 --> 00:41:17.998
We\'re going to smoke her,

00:41:17.999 --> 00:41:20.998
and we\'re essentially
cauterizing the blood vessels

00:41:20.999 --> 00:41:24.750
around that horn bud
that I was talking about.

00:41:24.751 --> 00:41:27.249
The freezing\'s
working pretty well

00:41:27.250 --> 00:41:28.917
and that\'s the horn...

00:41:28.918 --> 00:41:34.249
And we\'ll knock this horn off.

00:41:34.250 --> 00:41:36.750
And you can see the copper ring,

00:41:36.751 --> 00:41:40.750
so we\'ve got the blood vessels
cooked, so it\'s...

00:41:40.751 --> 00:41:43.875
the blood will not get
to that horn

00:41:43.876 --> 00:41:47.918
and it should just... pass away.

00:41:49.999 --> 00:41:52.876
How about B side.
- Okay.

00:41:53.250 --> 00:41:55.750
And this side isn\'t as frozen

00:41:55.751 --> 00:41:58.166
as the other side.
Just like a dentist.

00:41:58.167 --> 00:42:00.041
Sometimes it works,
sometimes it doesn\'t.

00:42:00.042 --> 00:42:02.249
But she is sedated.
I did put a little bit

00:42:02.250 --> 00:42:03.998
of analgesia in
with the shot, as well.

00:42:03.999 --> 00:42:07.082
- So will she feel pain
from that when she comes to?

00:42:07.083 --> 00:42:10.249
- A burn, obviously, and be
a little bit head sensitive,

00:42:10.250 --> 00:42:13.166
but they\'re built different
from us, you know.

00:42:13.167 --> 00:42:13.918
She\'ll forgive you

00:42:13.919 --> 00:42:15.875
and they don\'t seem leery
of it, really.

00:42:15.876 --> 00:42:19.249
Obviously, they\'ll feel it
when the freezing comes off,

00:42:19.250 --> 00:42:19.959
just like us.

00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:23.459
But it doesn\'t seem
to bother them at all.

00:42:25.501 --> 00:42:27.542
[bleating]

00:42:35.250 --> 00:42:37.166
Oops.

00:42:37.167 --> 00:42:39.417
- There you go. Okay.

00:42:41.999 --> 00:42:44.249
- And actually,
even if he didn\'t go down,

00:42:44.250 --> 00:42:46.541
if he just stays
a little bit sedate,

00:42:46.542 --> 00:42:48.166
we can do him just like this.

00:42:48.167 --> 00:42:51.167
He won\'t be aware
of what\'s going on.

00:42:52.334 --> 00:42:53.998
Dandy, Andy.

00:42:53.999 --> 00:42:55.999
Okay.

00:43:00.042 --> 00:43:02.250
There\'s the scrotum gone.

00:43:03.042 --> 00:43:03.999
We\'ve froze his cord.

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:05.750
And this is called
an emasculator.

00:43:05.751 --> 00:43:09.333
It cuts the testicle off
and at the same time,

00:43:09.334 --> 00:43:11.999
crimps the blood vessel.

00:43:12.459 --> 00:43:15.999
- I didn\'t freeze the cord
that well, did I?

00:43:21.250 --> 00:43:23.918
- Amen. Done like a dinner.

00:43:25.834 --> 00:43:29.666
[Narration]:I felt bad n
for what I did to Alfalfa,

00:43:29.667 --> 00:43:30.958
but there\'s only one way

00:43:30.959 --> 00:43:34.250
to deal with aggressive
male tendencies.

00:44:16.250 --> 00:44:20.751
Animals are considered
property under the law.

00:44:23.459 --> 00:44:27.999
We have to treat them humanely,

00:44:28.834 --> 00:44:31.833
but I guess
a little pain is okay

00:44:31.834 --> 00:44:34.876
as long as it\'s necessary.

00:44:56.250 --> 00:44:59.082
- Basically,
I just wet the sponge, right?

00:44:59.083 --> 00:45:01.999
- Yeah, just damp.
- Okay.

00:45:02.999 --> 00:45:05.249
- \'Cause water
dries out leather.

00:45:05.250 --> 00:45:05.876
- I see.

00:45:05.877 --> 00:45:08.998
What should I know,
if I\'m going out alone?

00:45:08.999 --> 00:45:09.876
Is there anything...

00:45:09.877 --> 00:45:12.708
Like, this is my first
solo ride, right, so...

00:45:12.709 --> 00:45:15.249
- If he gives you
any trouble at all,

00:45:15.250 --> 00:45:18.999
just put your foot down
and say \"No way.\"

00:45:20.999 --> 00:45:22.541
- What\'s this bit?
- It\'s a Kimberwick?

00:45:22.542 --> 00:45:24.500
- A Kimberwick.
Why would I use a Kimberwick?

00:45:24.501 --> 00:45:27.249
- It just gives you a little
better control of him,

00:45:27.250 --> 00:45:29.541
if he decides
to get strong on you.

00:45:29.542 --> 00:45:32.500
- Okay. What gives me
the better control?

00:45:32.501 --> 00:45:33.833
- The curb chain.

00:45:33.834 --> 00:45:34.292
- The curb chain?

00:45:34.293 --> 00:45:37.249
- The curb chain, yep.
If you pull back on the bit

00:45:37.250 --> 00:45:39.082
and it goes
to a 45-degree angle,

00:45:39.083 --> 00:45:42.750
it\'ll kick into his chin
and hurt him a little bit.

00:45:42.751 --> 00:45:44.250
- Right, okay.

00:45:45.250 --> 00:45:47.998
All the control mechanisms.
- Yup.

00:45:47.999 --> 00:45:51.999
You should be able
to keep a good handle on him.

00:45:56.876 --> 00:46:00.082
You\'re trying to get
the energy of the horse

00:46:00.083 --> 00:46:01.998
between your hand and your leg,

00:46:01.999 --> 00:46:05.249
between your back motion
and your forward motion.

00:46:05.250 --> 00:46:08.249
- Okay. So how do you get
the energy of the horse

00:46:08.250 --> 00:46:09.541
between your hand and your leg?

00:46:09.542 --> 00:46:11.541
- Yep.
- So how do you do it?

00:46:11.542 --> 00:46:14.041
- Send them forward
from your leg

00:46:14.042 --> 00:46:15.249
and contain it with your hand.

00:46:15.250 --> 00:46:18.998
- Basically, you\'re just boxing
in the power of the horse?

00:46:18.999 --> 00:46:21.998
- Yeah. And then you direct it.
- You direct it, okay.

00:46:21.999 --> 00:46:24.458
If I can make it
through a solo trail ride...

00:46:24.459 --> 00:46:27.833
- If you can get him forward
in a certain direction,

00:46:27.834 --> 00:46:30.751
you\'ll be doing well.
- Yeah, exactly.

00:46:32.292 --> 00:46:33.167
- He\'s pretty quiet,

00:46:33.168 --> 00:46:36.249
I don\'t expect him
to give you any trouble.

00:46:36.250 --> 00:46:38.709
- No, he\'s been so good.

00:46:42.250 --> 00:46:45.667
Okay, just let me go with Jess.
- Okay.

00:47:14.999 --> 00:47:19.249
[Narration]:All I could think n
about were the leather reins,

00:47:19.250 --> 00:47:20.042
my boots and gloves

00:47:20.043 --> 00:47:23.417
and the leather saddle
underneath me.

00:47:24.250 --> 00:47:28.626
Products made from the skins
of other animals.

00:47:41.042 --> 00:47:46.249
When it came time to n
harvest Ellie\'s lamb, Isaac,

00:47:46.250 --> 00:47:49.918
I wasn\'t looking forward
to the process.

00:48:19.542 --> 00:48:21.999
[bleating cry]

00:48:23.250 --> 00:48:24.541
- Pull him up.

00:48:24.542 --> 00:48:27.666
[Narration]: I couldn\'t have
done it without Robert.

00:48:27.667 --> 00:48:29.082
That gonna be all right?

00:48:29.083 --> 00:48:30.042
- Yeah, that\'s good.

00:48:30.043 --> 00:48:32.249
We can lift him
and get him weighted.

00:48:32.250 --> 00:48:36.249
[Narration]:Now I needed n a
leader as much as a teacher.

00:48:36.250 --> 00:48:40.291
- Now you can just work that off
a little bit more up there.

00:48:40.292 --> 00:48:42.708
- Okay.

00:48:42.709 --> 00:48:46.541
- Let me dislocate the tail
there and you can pull it down,

00:48:46.542 --> 00:48:47.042
okay?

00:48:47.043 --> 00:48:49.666
Now, there should be,
by all rights,

00:48:49.667 --> 00:48:53.416
a little joint in the tail.
Right about there.

00:48:53.417 --> 00:48:54.833
- I just start to pull...
- Yeah.

00:48:54.834 --> 00:48:58.999
If you can pull on that now,
it should pretty near peel down.

00:49:01.751 --> 00:49:04.249
Okay? Now pull it right off
over its neck.

00:49:04.250 --> 00:49:07.209
I\'ll hold it for you.
- Okay.

00:49:10.417 --> 00:49:13.999
- Sometimes it comes good,
sometimes it doesn\'t.

00:49:16.209 --> 00:49:19.416
You need the knife to finish it.
- I think I do.

00:49:19.417 --> 00:49:21.833
- There you go.
- I\'m not exactly sure...

00:49:21.834 --> 00:49:25.666
- No, don\'t... Not the meat, no,
just the flesh, right there.

00:49:25.667 --> 00:49:27.918
- Right here?
- Yep.

00:49:28.751 --> 00:49:31.249
- Make sure
I get the right place.

00:49:31.250 --> 00:49:31.876
- Yep.

00:49:31.877 --> 00:49:34.458
- And that\'s it.
- That\'s it. Just pull her off.

00:49:34.459 --> 00:49:38.541
Now, keep it up out of the
straw, keep it clean.

00:49:38.542 --> 00:49:40.082
Yeah. Got it?
- Yep.

00:49:40.083 --> 00:49:44.250
Now, lay your pelt
up on the table there.

00:49:44.751 --> 00:49:47.998
It gives you a good big pelt.
- Jeez, I guess.

00:49:47.999 --> 00:49:49.249
Look at the size of it.

00:49:49.250 --> 00:49:51.458
- Flip the skin side up there,
Jason.

00:49:51.459 --> 00:49:53.625
- That would make sense,
wouldn\'t it?

00:49:53.626 --> 00:49:56.082
- Yeah, that way we can trim it.

00:49:56.083 --> 00:49:57.541
Isn\'t that nice?

00:49:57.542 --> 00:49:59.998
So let\'s clean her up here.
- Okay.

00:49:59.999 --> 00:50:02.998
- Take any chunks of fat, meat,
anything you see,

00:50:02.999 --> 00:50:05.999
just pull it right off.
- Okay.

00:50:08.292 --> 00:50:10.999
- We\'ll cut this neck off...

00:50:14.209 --> 00:50:17.082
You gonna lay this on the floor
in front of the fireplace,

00:50:17.083 --> 00:50:18.875
or where are you gonna
put that baby?

00:50:18.876 --> 00:50:21.249
- I was thinking either
a rug or a saddle pad.

00:50:21.250 --> 00:50:23.998
- Oh, that\'d be nice.
- It might be interesting.

00:50:23.999 --> 00:50:26.249
Put a sheep on the horse.
- On the horse.

00:50:26.250 --> 00:50:29.250
- And then put the cow
on the sheep.

00:50:29.918 --> 00:50:31.249
- When you hang it on the barn,

00:50:31.250 --> 00:50:33.249
put it flesh side in.
- Okay.

00:50:33.250 --> 00:50:35.458
- It\'ll dry a lot better
for you.

00:50:35.459 --> 00:50:37.041
- Right.
- Won\'t be hard.

00:50:37.042 --> 00:50:37.999
- And that\'s, like, after...

00:50:38.000 --> 00:50:41.249
- Yeah. After it\'s soaked
in your pickle for a bit.

00:50:41.250 --> 00:50:42.998
- Right on.
- Let\'s wash up.

00:50:42.999 --> 00:50:45.334
- Okay.
- That should do it.

00:51:21.999 --> 00:51:25.249
[Narration]: Once an animal
becomes food,

00:51:25.250 --> 00:51:26.958
they\'re easily forgotten.

00:51:26.959 --> 00:51:27.834
Tanning Isaac\'s pelt

00:51:27.835 --> 00:51:31.999
meant that I would live n with
him long after his death.

00:52:54.501 --> 00:52:57.250
[bleating and banjo music]

00:54:23.999 --> 00:54:26.249
After all the killing
on the farm,

00:54:26.250 --> 00:54:29.998
it was nice to start thinkingn
about producing new life.

00:54:29.999 --> 00:54:33.998
I needed a mate for my rabbit
and lucky for me,

00:54:33.999 --> 00:54:36.208
we had a champion
rabbit-breeder

00:54:36.209 --> 00:54:36.999
living right beside us,

00:54:37.000 --> 00:54:40.959
our closest neighbour,
Carl Benjamin.

00:54:42.626 --> 00:54:44.082
Hi, Carl.
- Hi, Jason.

00:54:44.083 --> 00:54:45.958
- How you doing?
- Good.

00:54:45.959 --> 00:54:48.999
Wanna take her right in?
- Yeah.

00:54:49.250 --> 00:54:52.249
- Met a friend there
I went to school with

00:54:52.250 --> 00:54:52.999
and he was into rabbits,

00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:55.875
and it took him two years
to convince me to show.

00:54:55.876 --> 00:55:00.417
First show I went to,
I took best in show.

00:55:00.999 --> 00:55:04.249
- So, we\'ve got
the Checkered Giant,

00:55:04.250 --> 00:55:08.249
going with your Flemish Giant,
right? So what are we gonna get?

00:55:08.250 --> 00:55:13.998
- You\'ll get, uh,
you\'ll still throw your blacks,

00:55:13.999 --> 00:55:16.333
a possibility of steel,

00:55:16.334 --> 00:55:17.500
your light greys

00:55:17.501 --> 00:55:19.416
and those are basically
the colours you\'ll get,

00:55:19.417 --> 00:55:21.625
because your black\'s
your dominant colour.

00:55:21.626 --> 00:55:22.167
- Right.

00:55:22.168 --> 00:55:25.209
- So that\'s gonna be
most popular, probably.

00:55:48.876 --> 00:55:51.541
- That\'s pretty quick, Carl.
[laughing]

00:55:51.542 --> 00:55:52.167
- Yes.

00:55:52.168 --> 00:55:54.249
He doesn\'t waste too much time.

00:55:54.250 --> 00:55:56.167
- I guess not.

00:55:56.999 --> 00:55:59.250
- She\'s not relaxed enough.

00:56:02.999 --> 00:56:05.998
- He should basically
fall off her, or something?

00:56:05.999 --> 00:56:08.998
- Well, off to the side
if it\'s successful.

00:56:08.999 --> 00:56:11.458
- All right. She\'s relaxed now,
- Okay.

00:56:11.459 --> 00:56:13.291
- But he\'s pretty well
tired out,

00:56:13.292 --> 00:56:16.208
and you gotta be very careful
with these guys here,

00:56:16.209 --> 00:56:19.166
they can have a heart attack
in a matter of seconds.

00:56:19.167 --> 00:56:22.708
- Really? The bucks?
- Yeah, because they\'re so big.

00:56:22.709 --> 00:56:24.709
- Wow.

00:56:25.626 --> 00:56:26.417
He\'s not giving up.

00:56:26.418 --> 00:56:28.998
- No, he\'s quite a buck.
- Wow.

00:56:28.999 --> 00:56:30.541
- Done.
- That was it?

00:56:30.542 --> 00:56:31.998
- That\'s it.
- Holy smokes.

00:56:31.999 --> 00:56:35.041
You want to put her
right back in the cage?

00:56:35.042 --> 00:56:38.249
- You want to take her
right out of there;

00:56:38.250 --> 00:56:40.999
he\'ll just keep going at it.

00:57:26.876 --> 00:57:28.249
[Narration]:
I finally realized

00:57:28.250 --> 00:57:32.209
that we created n our domesticated species.

00:57:33.250 --> 00:57:36.041
They evolved under our care
and management

00:57:36.042 --> 00:57:38.209
over thousands of years.

00:57:41.292 --> 00:57:44.918
Most wouldn\'t survive
without us.

00:57:48.250 --> 00:57:49.666
Raising animals for our own use

00:57:49.667 --> 00:57:52.999
is just where we are
in evolution.

00:58:13.250 --> 00:58:16.249
After spending some time
with the skin of Isaac,

00:58:16.250 --> 00:58:19.249
I began to take pride
in my work.

00:58:19.250 --> 00:58:20.750
I held on to the idea

00:58:20.751 --> 00:58:23.958
that using as much n of
the animal as possible,

00:58:23.959 --> 00:58:27.209
in some strange way,
shows respect.

00:58:28.999 --> 00:58:29.876
- Here he comes.

00:58:29.877 --> 00:58:34.750
Oh, doesn\'t that look good!
- Roast Isaac.

00:58:34.751 --> 00:58:35.250
- Wow.

00:58:35.251 --> 00:58:37.166
- Jules...
- There you go, Julia. Mm.

00:58:37.167 --> 00:58:39.833
- Am I first?
- Am I the guest of honour?

00:58:39.834 --> 00:58:42.998
- Yes, you are.
- Isaac is the guest of honour.

00:58:42.999 --> 00:58:44.999
- Nicely done, medium rare.

00:58:46.999 --> 00:58:50.709
- It\'s hard to get through
without hitting the bone.

00:58:51.334 --> 00:58:52.666
[Narration]:
Julia thinks someday,

00:58:52.667 --> 00:58:55.998
humans might look back
and gasp at the thought

00:58:55.999 --> 00:58:59.250
of killing and eating an animal.

00:59:01.083 --> 00:59:05.249
But until then, farmers willn
continue to serve the demands

00:59:05.250 --> 00:59:07.417
of the growing population.

00:59:11.459 --> 00:59:14.500
John brought his boar, HB4,
to the farm

00:59:14.501 --> 00:59:16.626
to get Ernestine pregnant.

00:59:17.250 --> 00:59:19.999
I didn\'t know what to expect.

00:59:20.250 --> 00:59:23.249
It just couldn\'t be as easy
as the rabbits.

00:59:23.250 --> 00:59:24.998
- There you go. Come on.

00:59:24.999 --> 00:59:26.999
There you go.

00:59:28.042 --> 00:59:32.167
- Right on. Now we\'ll just get out.
- Okay.

00:59:32.999 --> 00:59:34.625
- She\'s definitely in heat.
- Right.

00:59:34.626 --> 00:59:38.459
- But he\'s just gonna explore
for awhile, I think.

00:59:40.209 --> 00:59:41.416
- He looks interested now,

00:59:41.417 --> 00:59:45.417
so it should only take
a minute or two.

00:59:58.999 --> 00:59:59.667
Once he mounts her,

00:59:59.668 --> 01:00:02.041
I\'ll just go in
and help him get hooked up.

01:00:02.042 --> 01:00:03.249
- Okay. Help him get hooked up?

01:00:03.250 --> 01:00:05.625
- Yeah, find the right hole.
[laughter]

01:00:05.626 --> 01:00:06.250
- Okay.

01:00:06.251 --> 01:00:10.875
- That has a hormone in it
and she smells that.

01:00:10.876 --> 01:00:11.998
- Here we go.

01:00:11.999 --> 01:00:15.250
- Yeah. I\'ll just let him, uh...

01:00:16.834 --> 01:00:20.249
If I can get in there,
he might jump off.

01:00:20.250 --> 01:00:23.249
- Okay, I don\'t see him out yet.

01:00:23.250 --> 01:00:25.500
- I wonder if he is...

01:00:25.501 --> 01:00:25.999
Nope.

01:00:26.000 --> 01:00:29.666
- You just tell me
if you need me in there, John.

01:00:29.667 --> 01:00:31.167
- Yep. Yep. Okay.

01:00:33.334 --> 01:00:35.626
There he is.
- Whoa!

01:00:35.999 --> 01:00:39.249
- I just have to help him.
She\'s pretty small, but...

01:00:39.250 --> 01:00:42.250
they\'re in there
and they\'re hooked up.

01:00:57.250 --> 01:00:59.998
- I just can\'t believe
how still they are.

01:00:59.999 --> 01:01:00.501
- Yeah.

01:01:00.502 --> 01:01:02.625
- I thought
there\'d be a big ruckus.

01:01:02.626 --> 01:01:05.209
- No, no, no. Well there can be.

01:01:05.999 --> 01:01:07.875
- You were worried
about them fighting,

01:01:07.876 --> 01:01:09.917
but they don\'t seem...
- No. Yeah,

01:01:09.918 --> 01:01:10.834
they\'ll do that sometimes. Yeah.

01:01:10.835 --> 01:01:14.082
- He looks so bored with it,
though, doesn\'t he?

01:01:14.083 --> 01:01:15.959
- Yeah, it\'s funny.

01:01:17.999 --> 01:01:20.249
- So how often
can this boar work?

01:01:20.250 --> 01:01:23.998
- Two or three times a week
is about max, really.

01:01:23.999 --> 01:01:26.208
You don\'t want
to overwork a boar.

01:01:26.209 --> 01:01:28.082
- So, really,
in the animal world,

01:01:28.083 --> 01:01:30.249
this is pretty much
the best possible life

01:01:30.250 --> 01:01:33.708
you could have, right?
- Being a stud. Yeah.

01:01:33.709 --> 01:01:34.250
- Being a stud.

01:01:34.251 --> 01:01:38.625
A lot better than going to
the processing plant, I guess.

01:01:38.626 --> 01:01:40.542
- Yeah.

01:01:45.042 --> 01:01:47.250
He\'s almost done there.

01:01:48.334 --> 01:01:51.082
- So I heard somewhere,
along the line,

01:01:51.083 --> 01:01:53.998
that the pig actually has
the longest orgasm.

01:01:53.999 --> 01:01:57.333
Is that right?
Do you ever hear of that?

01:01:57.334 --> 01:01:59.208
I mean, it is quite long.

01:01:59.209 --> 01:02:02.500
- Well, he can pump
for almost a minute.

01:02:02.501 --> 01:02:03.998
Yeah. Yeah.
- Holy smokes.

01:02:03.999 --> 01:02:07.291
So, in your opinion,
is he enjoying that?

01:02:07.292 --> 01:02:09.833
- Yeah.
- Yeah. Just curious.

01:02:09.834 --> 01:02:13.291
- Yeah, I would say.
- I would think he would.

01:02:13.292 --> 01:02:14.958
And that\'s it?
- Yep.

01:02:14.959 --> 01:02:18.167
- Wow.
How are you feeling, Ernie?

01:03:34.250 --> 01:03:36.918
[banjo music]

01:04:51.542 --> 01:04:54.249
[Narration]:By the time n
spring rolled back around,

01:04:54.250 --> 01:04:57.876
Julia\'s plans n were
really coming together.

01:05:00.292 --> 01:05:03.249
My plans, however, turned out
a little differently.

01:05:03.250 --> 01:05:04.666
First, it was Gretchen,

01:05:04.667 --> 01:05:10.249
after giving birth to a single,
black stillborn bunny.

01:05:10.250 --> 01:05:12.999
I saw it as a sign.

01:05:14.999 --> 01:05:17.998
Ellie had premature twins,

01:05:17.999 --> 01:05:20.334
but she rejected one.

01:05:23.959 --> 01:05:26.626
Come on. It\'s okay.

01:05:27.501 --> 01:05:29.501
That\'s it, boy.

01:05:31.250 --> 01:05:34.998
I did everything the vet said,

01:05:34.999 --> 01:05:37.249
but after two days,

01:05:37.250 --> 01:05:39.417
he was gone.

01:05:47.334 --> 01:05:48.750
Maybe it was my lack of control

01:05:48.751 --> 01:05:52.876
over the death of the lamb
that got me in the end.

01:05:54.999 --> 01:05:57.416
It seemed absurd n to
be upset over an animal

01:05:57.417 --> 01:06:00.500
I would have slaughtered
and eaten anyway.

01:06:00.501 --> 01:06:06.250
But even when I tried,n I
found it hard to detach.

01:07:07.999 --> 01:07:11.876
With JB,n I didn\'t want to shut down.

01:07:14.542 --> 01:07:15.998
I was going to see it through

01:07:15.999 --> 01:07:19.250
and I was going to do it alone.

01:07:20.626 --> 01:07:25.083
Nobody keeps a full-grown
steer as a pet.

01:08:56.083 --> 01:09:00.918
There was no way I could
pull the trigger on JB.

01:09:05.292 --> 01:09:08.250
I was done killing.

01:09:27.250 --> 01:09:29.334
[grunting]

01:09:35.250 --> 01:09:37.334
[bleating]

01:09:51.999 --> 01:09:55.291
- John, just as you\'re coming
out of the corner,

01:09:55.292 --> 01:09:56.875
you can ask Puffy to trot.

01:09:56.876 --> 01:09:59.708
Just make sure you stretch down
in your heels...

01:09:59.709 --> 01:10:03.625
Steady. Good.
And Jason, you follow.

01:10:03.626 --> 01:10:06.998
Hands low, a little lower.

01:10:06.999 --> 01:10:08.876
Good. Excellent.

01:10:16.834 --> 01:10:20.250
Julia and I n did continue eating meat.

01:10:20.999 --> 01:10:23.834
We\'re only human, after all.

01:10:32.209 --> 01:10:32.999
And in the end,

01:10:33.000 --> 01:10:36.666
we all know my decision
not to kill JB

01:10:36.667 --> 01:10:39.958
only let me off the hook...

01:10:39.959 --> 01:10:41.999
Not him.

01:12:36.626 --> 01:12:41.417
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