[MC-37079] Gamerule MobGriefing does not toggle Sheep's grass eating behavior

By turning gamerule mobGriefing to false, I expected to see either :
_Sheeps still performing the eating animation while leaving grass and tallgrass untouched
_Sheeps no longer performing the eating animation (and thus, never grow wool back)

What actually happened :
Sheeps still perform the eating animation and destroy grass and tallgrass in the process

Linked issues

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MC-5570 Sheep are eating grass when the gamerule mobGriefing is set to false Resolved

Comments 5

Brad Gray 2013-10-25T12:48:14Z

I can confirm this in MC 1.7.1

Th3F4114n0n3 2013-10-25T16:06:24Z

This is most likely intended behavior unless they didnt use to before.

Maarten Thijs 2013-10-25T16:11:10Z

it's a dillema, when sheep turn a grass block into a dirt block it's griefing by the mob, but if you'd disable it the sheep won't regrow it's wool

Missingno_26 2013-10-25T16:48:06Z

... unless sheeps still eat grass to regrow their wool without turning grass into dirt nor destroy tallgrass (see my first expectation)

Ezekiel 2013-12-01T15:55:44Z

Duplicate of MC-5570 - If you have not, please use the search function in the future, to see if your bug has already been submitted. If you could not find the original report, please comment with the keywords you searched for.