A heifer had its hip broken by a too-large bull so Liz picked it up and brought it back to the kennels. I watched it being shot/having its throat cut then dragged towards the kennels. Around midday, five Zulu women who work in the kennels arrived with their knives and machetes to cut it up. It took about 35 minutes for it to disappear; all but the skin (and a very young calf foetus about 30cm long) remained (these were thrown into a pit). Everything else was taken away on a wheelbarrow. I mean everything: all the intestines were cleaned out of grass, the head was skinned (considered biggest delicacy), feet the lot - all carted off to be distributed between the workers and their families...
A heifer had its hip broken by a too-large bull so Liz picked it up and brought it back to the kennels. I watched it being shot/having its throat cut then dragged towards the kennels. Around midday, five Zulu women who work in the kennels arrived with their knives and machetes to cut it up. It took about 35 minutes for it to disappear; all but the skin (and a very young calf foetus about 30cm long) remained (these were thrown into a pit). Everything else was taken away on a wheelbarrow. I mean everything: all the intestines were cleaned out of grass, the head was skinned (considered biggest delicacy), feet the lot - all carted off to be distributed between the workers and their families...
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