Seaside donkey owner weighing kids before they ride
Seaside donkey owner weighing kids before they ride
John Nuttall has been in the donkey rides business for more than 40 years and has been accused of fat-shaming children but he said, 'I have just done it to protect my animals'
Seaside donkey proprietor John Nuttall has sparked debate by insisting children undergo a weight check before being allowed to ride his donkeys in Skegness. The 61-year-old has faced criticism for allegedly fat-shaming youngsters, yet many are applauding his decision.
With over four decades of experience providing donkey rides in Skegness and Cleethorpes, Nuttall has introduced a weight restriction to safeguard his donkeys in the face of increasing concerns about childhood obesity. He's set up weighing scales adjacent to his mobile paddock, complete with a sign detailing the requirements: under ten years old, shorter than 4ft 6ins, and lighter than six stone (38kg) for a £4 jaunt along the promenade.
That seems fair to the donkeys. Overloading pack animals is cruel to them and a serious issue. Humans have weight limits to what they can lift, so it seems right to recognize the animals limits.
Oh yes, the fairness of the situation is very important to the owner that enslaves his donkey...
It's more likely a business decision: donkey gets hurt = down time.
Fuck all of these people who abuse and enslave animals for profit
Of course this gets downvoted. Donkeys love carrying shit around, everyone knows that.
These are live animals. As long as he isn't mocking these children after they're weighed everyone can fuck off with the complaints.
All he has to do is stop saying "nyah nyah, scram fattie!" and I'm fine with it. If he would just stop saying that part, I'd be fine with it.
Let's face it, the only people getting upset about this are the land-whales whose obese kids are everybody's fault but theirs
While Limiting weight on a donkey is perfectly reasonable.
Calling people land whales is fucking pathetic. You have fuck all idea of the medical history of these people. And arseholes like you are why folks like this guy suffer.
If little shitheads like you, did not spend their time insulting people who have done fuck all to them. The mental health of these people would mean they are less delicate when real life interferes.
Are you missing a /s?
You know there are many kids who have weight issues due to disability, right? Parents are just trying to have a normal childhood for their kids and are trying to include them as much as possible. It's understandable the donkeys have physical limitations; it's also understandable that parents might be disappointed if their kids don't fit the restrictions. It also sounds like he's rude about it/makes comments when they weigh too much, but the article was hard to read so idk for sure what exactly is going on (popups).
You can be kind to both groups. That you'd talk so badly about heavier people says a lot about you, not them.
Some people have legit problems, most just lazy. I know, i used to be fat, it's very very hard to loose weight, but not impossible
What happened in the last 40 years, do you think for some reason the number of children with this kind of "disability" grew 4fold? I can accept that 5% has some legit problems, but 20% are obese.
No, the guy hasn't "sparked debate". The single complainant cited is from some obesity alliance, who says it's wrong to weigh children in public.
OP SLAMMED for sharing poor quality news.
It's like how America thinks Meghan Sussex/Markle sparked debate here when people didn't even care that much
Good for him honestly, he shouldn't subject his beautiful animal to weights that may be harmful to its body. If parents don't like it, then don't go to him.
I would have expected the weight requirement, so they don't have to control the age and height. Interesting that they still have those...
Boy that site is cancerous without ublock
That's Reach Plc for you.
Owns every regional news site in the UK. Seemingly publishes shit on random ones, like this which is Wales Online, but apparently fat kids on the opposite side of the country are considered newsworthy.
I'm just glad they got rid of the side swiping on articles, where a clumsy scroll would just load an entirely different page for no fucking reason.
Tall-shaming, too, tsk tsk
and age-shaming.
Typical fat shaming jackass.
How about you stop exploiting donkeys all together for your personal gain?
For the record: no donkeys have been exploited by feddit.uk or at least not by me. I have a dozen ducks on a treadmill powering the site though.
Yeah, people look at this and think this is some sort of thoughtful and kind decision, when in reality this is a business decision to keep the donkey running. Because at the end of the day this donkey is enslaved for this mans gain.
I wonder how people would feel about a headline that looks like this "slave owner buys high quality tools and proper lifting equipment to help reduce stress from phisical labor for his slaves" what a saint right?
