 and welcome to another video in the February scary campaign series. In the previous video, we showed how pigs are sexually abused and bred for their flesh. In this video, we're going to expose how sheep are predated on and exploited in a similar way. Sheep are most commonly exploited for their flesh in their wool. In terms of sexual exploitation, sheep have proved to be a little more difficult to find information on, which is raising suspicion. From the research we have conducted, AI is not the most common form of impregnation for sheep. However, in recent years, it's clearly becoming more widely advocated to farmers. According to Farmers Weekly, increasing numbers of sheep producers are following in the footsteps of their dairy counterparts by using artificial insemination as a means of improving genetic traits in their flocks. Generally, ram masturbation and semen collection will carry out as follows. A teaser you will be restrained in a headstool. A ram is then let in to the collecting area. Rams will be allowed to express their sexual behaviours towards the restrained yew, while the semen collector crouches behind them with an artificial vagina in their hand. We fill it up with hot water so it keeps it at the right temperature. We have these, we put that in there and this is just to keep it all warm as well and that is what we use. It's very simple and very effective. The ram then mounts the yew. The human will then use their left hand to deflect the penis away from the used vagina and into the artificial vagina. The prepuse should not be grabbed or yanked towards the av, but rather gently guided in. A final upwards pelvic thrust signifies ejaculation. Donna will take around five collections of semen from the rams each day, a task that can prove to be somewhat challenging. The semen will then be stored for the disturbing artificial insemination process. Looks like the semen collector was having quite a good time considering how inappropriate and bizarre this whole process is. If that wasn't weird enough, the insemination process for the female sheep is even weirder. There are multiple ways for sheep to be artificially inseminated, including vaginal, cervical and laparoscopic. Laparoscopic AI is typically favoured in the UK because semen is deposited directly into the urus, making conception rates higher and frozen semen can be used. In the laparoscopic method, the yew is restrained upside down in a terrifying, medieval-like contraption called an AI cradle. She is then cut into on the left and right hand side above her udder. A camera is then inserted to view the womb. The sheep appears to be conscious and is moving around in an uncomfortable way as the man pumps gas to displace the stomach and intestines. The semen is then probed and prodded into the right hand side of the yew. AI is becoming increasingly advocated over the old-school way of breeding because a ram, with good quality semen, adequate testicular size and a good libido can breed up to 100 yews in a season, whereas artificial insemination can magnify the breeding potential and genetic influence of a single ram by many times. What is seemingly a more common practice for breeding sheep involves the following. The yews have their reproductive organs exploited through the controlling of their cycle and sponging. Sponging synchronizes the yew so they all come into mating season at the same time. Sponges infused with progesterone are lubricated and then penetrated into the vagina of non-consenting animals. Two weeks later the sponges are removed and the sheep are injected with PMSG to increase ovulation. The ram is then introduced to the herd to have his way with the young female sheep. Sheep are branded with paint to show that they have been successfully mounted by the ram. When these sheep are no longer a profit to the farmer they are all of course sent to be brutally executed and decapitated in a slaughterhouse. All I see here is human domination, manipulation, exploitation and violation of vulnerable and defenseless animals so they can be murdered for monetary gain. All you need to do to really see how disturbing and unjustified this behavior is is to put yourself in the animal's position. Please share this video far and wide with the hashtag Februaryscary to those who need to see exactly the type of sexual abuse of non-consenting animals they are paying for when they purchase animal products. Let's all oppose and boycott the sexual exploitation of sentient beings in the matter of the species. Thank you.