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A Welsh farmer who posted a hard-to-watch video of a dead lamb being skinned in a bid to help an orphaned lamb has received support. Gareth Wyn Jones came under fire from a fellow sheep farmer who said he almost wept when he saw footage of the lamb being “butchered” with an axe.
The video led to threats from animal activists, one of whom pledged to slit Gareth's throat and those of his children. It also prompted criticism from Gwynedd farmer Keith Jones, 67, who claimed the skinning technique depicted was too gruesome and could affect lamb prices by showing the industry “in a bad light”.
