Disappointing and worrying experience.
The Butts Farm Rare Breeds, Farm Shop and Tea Room的点评
点评:This was the first time I have visited Butts farm with my grandchildren and definitely the last.
I found it very run down, with depressed looking animals in dirty enclosures. There were bowls of dirty water and some bowls without water at all. There were two or three rabbits in particular that were being kept in a tiny cage amongst a big pile of rabbit droppings. A tortoise was kept in an inadequate enclosure shared with Rabbits, Guinea Pigs and Chickens. The bottle feeding of lambs was quite laughable as the lambs were most definitely more or less sheep!. The minimal staff (only two as far as I could see) looked stressed and flustered and fighting a losing battle with the amount of animals in their care. The hand washing station was the sort of place where you needed to get washed after you had used it!
I have grown up in the countryside. I keep a tortoise myself and have kept chickens and rabbits. I did not go expecting a pristine dust/dropping free area but nor did I go expecting to come away feeling shocked and disappointed at the level of care some of these animals are receiving.
I did not go into the cafe as following my experience with the farm I couldn't get away fast enough.
翻译:这是我第一次和孙辈们参观巴茨农场,也绝对是最后一次了。
我发现农场破败不堪,动物们被关在肮脏的围栏里,一脸沮丧。有些碗里盛着脏水,有些碗里根本没有水。有两三只兔子被关在一个狭小的笼子里,周围是一大堆兔子粪便。一只乌龟被关在一个简陋的围栏里,和兔子、豚鼠和鸡共用一个围栏。用奶瓶喂小羊羔简直可笑,因为这些小羊羔几乎可以肯定是绵羊!农场里只有区区两名工作人员,他们看起来既紧张又慌乱,在照顾这么多动物的过程中苦苦挣扎,根本无法自拔。洗手间是那种用完就得洗手的地方!
我在乡下长大。我自己养了一只乌龟,也养过鸡和兔子。我并没有期待看到一片一尘不染、没有粪便的区域,也没有期待看到这些动物所受的照料水平令我震惊和失望。
我没有去咖啡馆,因为在农场的经历让我欲罢不能。