Why can’t the English….
…learn to speak English? To quote Henry Higgins.
If you’ve watched the video from Juliet Cleave of Kew Herd just below you may have been puzzled, as we were, by her statement that Devon eliminated poaching.
We never consider our Devon fierce enough to discourage thieves so we wondered what Juliet was feeding hers’. Poaching has nothing to do with rustlers, she explained. Or with hunters shooting at her herd. Poaching is a term used in Cornwall to describe the damage cows do to muddy ground.
And if you haven’t watched Juliet’s video, we urge you to watch now. It’s a real treat.
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Red Ruby Heifer
Now then folks, whoever’d be brave enough to try to mess with my bullocks? Sure, Kew Devons are placid enough not to run away from strangers, but (a) they’d not be enticed off the property by any feed (they only know about grass); & (b) more to the point: what thief thinks they’re going to get out our lane without experiencing this woman’s wrath?!