No social media in them days mate,and the only phone in our house was bolted to the wall.But did you film it and put it on social media?
On another note,I worked in abattoir's for 10 years,and what some people don't realise is there are vets all over the place.
Everything done as humanely as possible,(bar Kosha).
Sounds bizarre this,but,a waggon load of sheep came in late on a Thursday from Ireland.
The lads wanted to get them done straight away,so we got an early dart on the Friday.
The vet said no chance,they need to be fed,watered and rested....leave them till the morning.