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73 Cows

A beef farmer struggles with his conscience every time he takes his cows to slaughter, and so sets about doing something extraordinary.

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Alex Lockwood

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Won 1 BAFTA Award3 wins total

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We often got so tense that
we started having arguments - 73 Cows

We often got so tense that we started having arguments

I think I'm more capable to
harden my heart than Jay - 73 Cows

I think I'm more capable to harden my heart than Jay

I had a more
utilitarian outlook: - 73 Cows

I had a more utilitarian outlook:

It became clear that
we really have to find a solution. - 73 Cows

It became clear that we really have to find a solution.

What we can do with the farm, - 73 Cows

What we can do with the farm,

It had been suggested
from various sources that... - 73 Cows

It had been suggested from various sources that...

The best solution would just
to sell up and go away. - 73 Cows

The best solution would just to sell up and go away.

Taking the money for so many houses
being built and walking off rich people - 73 Cows

Taking the money for so many houses being built and walking ...

After my father died, - 73 Cows

After my father died,

But I simply didn't know
what else to do. - 73 Cows

But I simply didn't know what else to do.

At first, we installed a
small number of solar panels - 73 Cows

At first, we installed a small number of solar panels

The environmental impact
of the farm. - 73 Cows

The environmental impact of the farm.

Then we tried to get planning permission
for wind turbine... - 73 Cows

Then we tried to get planning permission for wind turbine...

Somebody told me that you can
produce vegetables and crops... - 73 Cows

Somebody told me that you can produce vegetables and crops.....

Without animal inputs, - 73 Cows

Without animal inputs,

It sounded excitingly different
and it felt like the future. - 73 Cows

It sounded excitingly different and it felt like the future.

Quickly come up with details,
seeing the architect - 73 Cows

Quickly come up with details, seeing the architect

And to come up with some kind of plan so that
we would not plunge into a complete black hole - 73 Cows

And to come up with some kind of plan so that we would not p...

And we knew that we can do something different
with the farm and it would be viable. - 73 Cows

And we knew that we can do something different with the farm...

When you're born on a farm,
when your parents have found the farm, - 73 Cows

When you're born on a farm, when your parents have foun...

Good as that have
been previously. - 73 Cows

Good as that have been previously.

You don't want to feel that
you've been responsible for... - 73 Cows

You don't want to feel that you've been responsibl...

Things degrading
and literally falling apart. - 73 Cows

Things degrading and literally falling apart.

Scary, because it seems so far out
after a lifetime of animal farming to say: - 73 Cows

Scary, because it seems so far out after a lifetime of anima...

As winter came to an end,
we started to think: - 73 Cows

As winter came to an end, we started to think:

Will we send'em to market
or maybe send'em to slaughter ?” - 73 Cows

Will we send'em to market or maybe send'em to slau...

Organize this and deal with
the reality of the... - 73 Cows

Organize this and deal with the reality of the...

And it's going to be
a massive change. - 73 Cows

And it's going to be a massive change.

You sort of think:
“Am I doing the right thing ?” - 73 Cows

You sort of think: “Am I doing the right thing ?”

I was kind of rejecting everything
I've known 'till that day, really. - 73 Cows

I was kind of rejecting everything I've known 'til...

To do something as radical as
getting rid of the livestock from the food chain - 73 Cows

To do something as radical as getting rid of the livestock f...

It kind of distanced us from
the other farmers in the area. - 73 Cows

It kind of distanced us from the other farmers in the area.

In fact the farm was
nicknamed ”the funny farm” - 73 Cows

In fact the farm was nicknamed ”the funny farm”

That it's largely understimated
what pressure farmers feel. - 73 Cows

That it's largely understimated what pressure farmers f...

I think they could do with more support
to look at things differently - 73 Cows

I think they could do with more support to look at things di...

The cost that we had been burdened with
from doing what we're doing is, - 73 Cows

The cost that we had been burdened with from doing what we&#...

Accepting that we would lose the income from
selling the cattle was not difficult at all, - 73 Cows

Accepting that we would lose the income from selling the cat...

And we'll have to
allocate 6 here, and 1 or 2... - 73 Cows

And we'll have to allocate 6 here, and 1 or 2...

And to know the sanctuaries
is going to take a long time. - 73 Cows

And to know the sanctuaries is going to take a long time.

It took a lot of planning,
it took an awful lot of phone calls... - 73 Cows

It took a lot of planning, it took an awful lot of phone cal...

I assume that it was
stressful for Jay as well, - 73 Cows

I assume that it was stressful for Jay as well,

HILLSIDE ANIMAL SANCTUARY - 73 Cows

HILLSIDE ANIMAL SANCTUARY

Calves and cows
can stay together, - 73 Cows

Calves and cows can stay together,

It's an absolutely
dream outcome, - 73 Cows

It's an absolutely dream outcome,

The day after
our cattle had gone, - 73 Cows

The day after our cattle had gone,

We have now finally managed to
achieve the change that I - 73 Cows

We have now finally managed to achieve the change that I

Making plans
rather than just - 73 Cows

Making plans rather than just

I do think that
it has changed Jay. - 73 Cows

I do think that it has changed Jay.

The biggest change is...
I think that he talks more - 73 Cows

The biggest change is... I think that he talks more

I am not looking on how
Jay is destroying himself, - 73 Cows

I am not looking on how Jay is destroying himself,

And that is a good thing...
that is a good thing. - 73 Cows

And that is a good thing... that is a good thing.

ONE YEAR LATER - 73 Cows

You know, they don't belong to
me anymore somehow. - 73 Cows

You know, they don't belong to me anymore somehow.

Everything that bothered me about
the process of farming in the past, - 73 Cows

Everything that bothered me about the process of farming in ...

It was just such a relief to know
that the animals are being looking after, - 73 Cows

It was just such a relief to know that the animals are being...

I know it
sounds soppy, but - 73 Cows

I know it sounds soppy, but

It was a joy really to learn that - 73 Cows

It was a joy really to learn that

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A beef farmer struggles with his conscience every time he takes his cows to slaughter, and so sets about doing something extraordinary.

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Director: Alex Lockwood

Writer: N/A

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2018

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

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Released: 30 Sep 2018

Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Award3 wins total

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