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To close out this sleepy Monday, we bring you sport from the other side of the pond; more specifically, the banning of such. The BBC reports that in New Zealand — wait ... that's not really "the other side of the pond," is it?; sorry, we went to grade school in the United States and thusly know nothing about world geography — the popular practice of "sheep tackling" will no longer be tolerated.
Apparently, sheep "wrangling" is used as training for rugby players, which, frankly, tells us more about rugby than we necessarily wanted to know. The halftime show had involved children running after the sheep and bringing them down, which sounds like a really scary dream we had once, but that's a whole other story.
Says a SPCA spokesperson: "The message that these young people are getting is that it's OK to get out there and bully animals for entertainment." As opposed to, you know, rugby.
Sheep Tackling Ban In New Zealand [BBC News]
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is this like that dude at oregon state who got drunk and "stole" a sheep that was being used in a homosexual study about livestock? seems like it.
Once again, the rest of the world proves how backwards we Americans are...what's next..no more rodeos? This "sheep wrangling" you speak of is akin to our calf roping, no? Bull riding? I guess PETA-pecka will be giving New Zealand it's Limp-Wristed Country of the Year Award.
when I was a kid, we went to a small-town Texas rodeo where, at halftime (or whatever they call it at a rodeo) they put all the childrens in the middle of the arena and turned loose a calf with a string around its neck; whichever kid ripped off the string first got to keep the cow. I can still feel that twine slipping through my fingers... this sort of activity isn't barbaric, it's just plain fun. maybe if we made kids run after their dinner more often, we could knock out obesity. can't you just see it now? a McDonalds with a livestock pen? like how you have to pick out your own lobster?
that's the best looking rugby player i've ever seen
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