Personally I find no excuses acceptable, and If this happened in my daughter's school I would be outraged, and get off my butt and do something about it, animal cruelty it is in my opinion, there were more humane ways of disposing of these poor defenceless babies, yes life down on the farm can be cruel, and that is exactly what it is at times CRUEL, and as a farmer's daughter I still think there is no excuse for it, farming does not have to be cruel.