Sheep Welfare and Sentience

The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.
~ Hippocrates

Reels on the upside of rescuing:

Born at Farm Sanctuary, Ashley the lamb will grow up surrounded by love and live a lifetime of peace. If her mother had not been rescued from a heartbreaking situation, Ashley would have faced a far different fate.

Choose kindness baby lamb

How sheep ask for love (just like dogs)

Feeding a Rescued Baby Goat

Baby goats jumping with joy

Welcome Nicole the Sheep – Woodstock Sanctuary

Image courtesy of Goatlandia

WARNING Heartbreaking Reel – Lambs being thrown in truck for Easter, crying for moms

Sentience

Psychology Today The Wisdom, Intellect, and Emotional Lives of Sheep

Think Differently About Sheep It is becoming increasingly evident that sheep are sentient creatures, in fact there is much evidence both scientific and anecdotal that all farm animals are sentient. “The way the sheep’s brain is organised suggests they must have some kind of emotional response to what they see in the world,” ~ Dr Keith Kendrick

and Friendship

Research Gate Intelligence, complexity, and individuality in sheep White Paper CDF

Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy THINKING SHEEP: By Lori Marino, Ph.D. and Debra Merskin, Ph.D. for Farm Sanctuary
A Review of Cognition, Emotion, and Social Complexity in Domestic Sheep White Paper PDF

Facebook Pages

Project Animal Freedom

The Issues, which just can’t be sugarcoated:

Compassion in World Farming – Sheep Welfare

The Humane League – Lamb Meat and Why You Shouldn’t Eat it

The Humane League – The Cruelty behind Goat’s Milk

Sanctuaries:

Farm Sanctuary

Goatlandia Why Goats

Image courtesy of Goatlandia
Goatlandia Farm Sanctuary founder Deborah Blum