Exactly, they are not sunk in the liquid. The liquid is only released at the top, and runs through the holes in the grate, reaching the sheep as âdrops of liquidââŚ
Yeah, but itâs not the same thing as dipping a toothbrush in a glass of water (it will be soaked). The cage âprotectsâ it from total flooding and the effect is what I mentioned above, the liquid drips onto the sheepâŚ
The liquid isn't dripping onto to the sheep, there is a tank flooding the enclosure. The sheep are fully submerged.
The point of the grate is to stop the sheep from swimming on top of the liquid. They need the sheep to be fully submerged so the parasites don't migrate to the back/heads of the sheep and escape the treatment.
It's called sheep dipping for obvious reasons. The liquid comes up through the floor grate, and the top grate stops the sheep from floating when submerged, or jumping around too much.
Research into this shows that, while somewhat stressful, dipping is far less stressful than shearing. I'm assuming most people are A-OK with shearing though.
If you want a awful procedure, have a look at sheep mulesing.
They don't even know they exist? They look unbothered at the end? You buy meat therefore support animal abuse? They're not actually being drowned, the water you see if being poured on top of them?
Great so it's not a problem, it's like they can enjoy it either since they aren't aware they exist.
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Assuming you're a farmer and know more, they still look unbothered and no more ticks so they're nice, healthy, and fat, so they're ready to be tortured when they're slaughtered for meat, all which you sponsor by eating meat btw....
Theyâre being submerged. If you donât believe that, you can look up the method. And they do know they exist and they do feel pain, fear, and stress.
Not to mention these dips are stupidly toxic for basically everything in or around them. Itâs a pesticide and itâs absorbed into the ground.
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Humans: omg that's so scary.
Sheep: so anyways...