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- From: achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Jeff Achenbach)
- Subject: Re: Better to be slaughtered than never to have lived? Re: Meat eaters (LONG)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.202235.18123@spdc.ti.com>
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- References: <1992Dec24.224052.22825@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <viking.725276365@vincent2.iastate.edu> <1992Dec25.154537.29709@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:22:35 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec25.154537.29709@bmerh85.bnr.ca> myhui@bnr.ca (Michael Hui) writes:
- >In article <viking.725276365@vincent2.iastate.edu> viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson) writes:
- >>In <1992Dec24.224052.22825@bmerh85.bnr.ca> myhui@bnr.ca (Michael Hui) writes:
- >>>The only way food animals can show their keepers that conditions are
- >>>less than tolerable is by having enough of them die.
- >> Ever hear of a database, Michael? Perhaps you might care to share
- >>how a rancher might interpret a few pounds drop in weight gain per ton of
- >>feed, or maybe you will wax eloquent on how health can be judged by the
- >>coat of the animal? Might you tell us how many thousands of animals you
- >>have raised? Could you possibly inform us of the affect antibiotics to
- >>combat pnuemonia have on profit?
- >
- >If the only criteria you use to guide you in the proper treatment of
- >food animals is by their weight, then by golly you really care very
- >little about their welfare. All you want is rapid weight gain. Period.
- >Face it, isn't that the whole purpose of your suggestions above?
- >--
- >Michael MY Hui ~{╨φ├≈╢≈~} myhui@bnr.ca Ottawa Canada
-
- If I may add my 2 cents. I've never met a farmer/rancher who didn't have
- a genuine love and concern for the welfare of his/her animals. Without it,
- they wouldn't tolerate the long hours and hard work for little pay. It's a
- 24 hour a day, 7 day a week job, and damn near any good trade will make
- you a better living with a lot smaller investment and a lot less risk. Maybe
- you can get a summer job on a farm, if you're lucky. It would probably be
- a real eye opener for you.
-
- Jeff Achenbach
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