Unto us a lamb is given: on the long and happy friendship that existed between men and sheep before the present slaughter began. “So far this year we have slaughtered and burnt four-and-a-half million of them; it may not be enough. We are planning to kill or castrate hundreds of thousands more. The government is awarding itself powers to destroy any it chooses, and no right of appeal will exist. We have declared total war on sheep.” Spectator UK