Sheep and Shindiggerry.

Hello and welcome one and all to my first blog of all time. I do hope that it shall enlighten and enthuse some of you out there. The content of my first post is a contraversial one sent to me by one of my parishioners. Thank you Richard for this insightful piece I do hope you will send me more in the months to come. So without further adoo I invite you all into the world of........

Sheep And Shindiggery.

Today I have chosen to broach the subject of Sheep and those who shag them. Firstly I would like to look at the word sheep and how we use it in the English language. Primarily as we all know a Sheep is the name for the (Ovis aries) a quadrupedal, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. A defenseless and placid animal it has gained a reputation amongst us human folk as being stupid. And as this perception of the creature has grown so too has our ridicule of it, in short we bully sheep. Now sheep bullying may sound like an extreme turn of phrase to you, but can you honestly say hand on heart that you or somebody you know have never been responsible for bullying a sheep? Lets face it as a race we are all collectively responsible for scaring them, slurring them and ultimately eating them. Some of course fuck them as well.






Being perceived as one of the lowest common denominators within the mammalian food chain, does the sheep's reputation no good whatsoever. We as humans naturally take pleasure in interacting with those that are weaker than us, we express this in varying ways, it is part of our nature. For some it may be expressed in charity, pleasure in doing good for others. As a one time vegetarian I felt good that I was making a conscious decision not to support the slaughter of animals. Others enjoy the superiority over that which is weaker or lesser, I wonder if on some level we all guilty of this, even the most charitable among us. This superiority can lead us to ridicule and in extreme situations lead to hatred. So do we all hate sheep? well no of course not but we do ridicule them. In the English language we use the term sheep to describe a person or persons who are timid, easily manipulated or stupid. We describe people as being sheepish when embarrassed about their own stupidity. So are sheep's really that stupid that they deserve such a scurrilous reputation?


Well I believe the answer to be no. I would like to put forward some compelling evidence which supports the argument against the stupid sheep theory. Here are some extracts from articles and news stories from reputable sources around the world, they are submitted here as examples of sheep intelligence.

Sheep foil cattle guard
Hungry sheep on the Yorkshire Moors (Great Britain) taught themselves to roll 8 feet (3 meters) across hoof-proof metal cattle grids to raid villagers' valley gardens. According to a witness, "They lie down on their side or sometimes their back and just roll over and over the grids until they are clear. I've seen them doing it. It is quite clever, but they are a big nuisance to the villagers." [Source: BBC News, July 2004]

I'll always remember ewe
A study of sheep psychology has found man's woolly friend (or foe) can remember the faces of more than 50 other sheep for up to two years. They can even recognize a familiar human face. The hidden talents of sheep suggest they may be nearly as good as people at distinguishing faces in a crowd.

Researchers say, "Sheep form individual friendships with one another, which may last for a few weeks. It's possible they may think about a face even when it's not there." The researchers also found female sheep had a definite opinion about what made a ram's face attractive
[Source: New Zealand Farmer, May Issue 2007 ]

"A-mazing" sheep
According to researchers in Australia, sheep can learn and remember. Researchers have developed a complex maze test to measure intelligence and learning in sheep, similar to those used for rats and mice. Using the maze, researchers have concluded that sheep have excellent spatial memory and are able to learn and improve their performance. And they can retain this information for a six-week period.

The maze uses the strong flocking instinct of sheep to motivate them to find their way through. The time it initially takes an animal to rejoin its flock indicates smartness, while subsequent improvement in times over consecutive days of testing measures learning and memory.
[Source: Sheep Psychologist, Jan Issue 2003 ]

Self-medicating sheep
New research is suggesting that sick sheep could actually be smart enough to cure themselves. Australian researchers believe that sick sheep may actually seek out plants that make them feel better. There has been previous evidence to suggest that animals can detect what nutrients they are deficient in and can develop knowledge about which foods are beneficial or toxic.
[Source: Unknown Source taken from Wikipedia ]



As if all the other above evidence supporting sheep intelligence is not enough, here is a picture taken by a Lancashire farmer. It clearly shows a sheep attempting to learn to ride a small moped. This incidentally was taken the day before the animals slaughter. Was the sheep trying to escape imminent death? Id like to see a dolphin try that.

Sexual Intercourse with Sheep of course.

So assuming that we are all in agreement and that sheep possibly deserve a little more respect than we may have previously graced them with, can we now address our abuse and yes bullying approach to the species. Can we now admit to our scunning attitude to the sheep and begin to re brand its image in our psyche. It is by tackling the false pretensions of our opinions and beliefs that then and only then we will truly be able to address the issues of some men's sexual relationships with the beast.

Sex with sheep, scornful myth, shamefull truth or loving reality?

Is sheep fuckery a myth? No. From the Yorkshire moors to Americas deep south to as far as the far east stories of sex with animals pass around like barn yard smells. I have read that in many Middle Eastern countries it is prohibited to eat the sheep you had sex with. A person who decided to eat this sheep is making a deadly sin, and he will never get into paradise with 70 virgins. In Lebanon having half of population Christians, men are officially allowed to have sex with animals. Yet, an important restriction is applied: the animal must be female. For sex with male animals death penalty can be imposed. Cheeky. A man who was accused of having sex with a sheep has walked free after the animal was unable to testify. The man, from Haaksbergen, near Utrecht, the Netherlands, was reported to police after a farmer caught him having sex with a sheep. But the case was thrown out of court as the sheep couldn't take to the stand to testify it didn't want to have sex and had suffered emotional stress. Under Dutch law, bestiality is not a crime unless it can be proved the animal didn't want to have sex. So here we have but three examples of sexual intercourse with animals written in law. A myth it is most definitely not.

So in your opinion what percentage of the worlds population has had or is having regular or indeed irregular sexual contact with sheep. Specifically sheep, no hogs, bulls, horses, antelope, bison or any other creature, just sheep. The combined population of Wales and New Zealand does not give you the answer by the way, Although geographical and demographical issues do come into play when addressing this issue.
The answer I can tell you as given by the UK Sunday Sport Newspaper and clarified by Wikipedia is that a staggering 1 in 1000 of the worlds population has tapped a sheep's ass. That is 6, 692, 030.28 people worldwide who are not content with just eating lamb or wearing woolly socks. Incidentally this is the combined population of Wales and New Zealand.
With so many people in the world shacking up with sheep should we be more tolerant towards those that indulge in such practices. Are the actions of a sheep shagger shamefull or should we accept them as harmless life choice or sexual preference. Can we not just leave the relationship between loving man and sheep be . Well herein lies the problem, you see although sheep aren't stupid they cannot vocalise a choice in who or what decides to dry hump them. Hence the action of attempting intercourse with the sheep is fundamentally one sided and purely sexually driven and based on these facts ultimately wrong. Even though some sheep shaggers do express emotions of love to their sheep this love cannot be reciprocated. Or can it? Perhaps the Jury is out on this issue, I mean if a sheep can memorize other sheep and even humans and it expresses emotions of fear could it not express pleasure. Is it completely out of the realms of reality to envision a sheep spontaneously bound across a field to its owner, pivot round, pushing its backside up towards the skies and bleat profusely to be pleasured. Would this be consent?
Well there is currently no conclusive evidence or studies to prove this theory so until there is, sheep shagging and bestiality of any kind will remain a largely criminal activity and will be kept behind closed barn doors.

Thanks for Reading,

Richard Palmer.


Thank you Richard, an interesting piece I think you would all agree. If this issue is one which has affected you or if you have any thoughts on this or any other related topics. Please do not hesitate to make a comment or contact me by e -mail as I would love to hear from you.


God Bless,

Rev. Gerald Spoons Feltchmurkin.