Ridecamp: Re: [RC] QUALITY OF LIFE VS. MONEY

My only point in bringing this up is there is a very strong group (and well
funded) out there and if they get you in their sights they can make your
liife miserable. According to the St. Pete Times this is the first time they
(animal rights people) have taken this tactic ( taking it to the voters).
It was sucessful and I suspect the approach will become standard.

They could just as eaisly take the tactic of showing a picture of a horse
with its head hanging, a tube it's nose and and an IV handing from a tree
and paint us in a pretty bad light. Or even two dead horses at an endurance
ride (WEG). They won't care that it was in Spain and not the US - it's still
endurance! Many people would be just as outraged at these images of a horse
as you are by the treatment of the pigs. 

Something we all need to think about.

Truman

Suvut@xxxxxxx wrote:
> <This year on the FL ballot there was a constitutional amendment.
> It had 
>  to do with how breeding hogs are kept. The petition process was funded 
>  by the animal rights activist and if enacted will cost the hog farmers 
>  of FL tons of money - may even put them out of business. When I read it
>   
>  I didn't think it had a snowballs chance in hell of passing. But the ads
>   
>  on TV were very powerful images that implied abuse. It passed.>
>      
>  Well, sorry about that!  I don't know anything
> about this amendment, but if it improves conditions for these poor hogs,
> SO WHAT IF IT COSTS THE HOG FARMERS MONEY!!!  I don't want to incur any flames
> here, but IMO, quality of life for these poor animals should count for more
> than $$$$$.....   
>  
>  
>  
>  Susan Vuturo -- Mom to Sadie, Encore, Rocky, and
> assorted kitties.