Lamb slaughter row mum takes children out of Lydd school
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The mother at the eye of the storm over the slaughter of a lamb
at a Kent primary school has pulled her two children out of the
school.
Jo Davis, pictured left, was among the first concerned
parents to campaign for a reprieve for Lydd Primary School's farm
lamb, Marcus, after her eight-year-old daughter Megan came home
distressed over plans to slaughter him.
Head teacher Andrea Charman insists that the plan to raise the
lamb and then slaughter him for meat, which in turn would be
raffled in order to raise funds to buy more animals, was supported
by pupils and staff.
Marcus was slaughtered over the weekend in a local abattoir.
Talking to the Kentish Express, Mrs Davis said: “Megan went to
school on Monday and has not been back since. She said she never
wants to go back again. I am respecting those wishes.”
Mrs Davis says he has also pulled four-year-old daughter Lucy
out of the school and is trying to find new places for both
children.
But the outcry over Marcus’ fate, which was reported across the
world, has upset Mrs Davis.
She said: “I have been getting a lot of grief. I don’t agree
that either of us, Mrs Charman or myself, should be getting
grief.”
Campaigners lose fight to save
Marcus
Friday, September 18 2009
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