I don’t think anyone “just threw them overboard”.
Many people now days do not have any real concept of what it is like to handle farm animals, and I would expect that to go triply for journalists. Over the weekend, there was an interesting thread on an article about a stray “pet” pig, with the article focusing on how the pig was basically a member of the family, and barely mentioning that it weighed 400 pounds and probably was a little out of place in the city.
Agreed. We just sold off our steers this weekend I a was relieved that it didn’t take much wrangling unlike some we’ve had over the years.