----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 2:00
PM
Subject: Re: [RC] QUALITY OF LIFE VS.
MONEY
How do you guys get that cool color to your email mesaages. Very
striking;-)
Heidi Smith <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>But there's really NO difference to
the animals....... pain and suffering ARE pain and suffering --- whether
it's a pampered pet OR a livestock animal. I do understand that
people have to make a living. All I am saying here is that the dollar
should not take preference over doing the BEST farmers can do to ensure that
their livestock (which make money for them) have the VERY BEST
quality of life possible. I know there are farmers who truly have no
compassion for their animals and care ONLY for the bucks. Conversely,
I also realize that there are a lot of
farmers who DO care. Let's just not lose sight of the fact that
these are living, breathing animals who really DO feel fear and
pain........
Just to put this into
perspective... If livestock are subjected to pain and suffering,
production goes down. Farmers who abuse their livestock do not stay in
business, because they go broke. The only way to survive in the
livestock business is to ensure maximum production--which involves keeping
livestock healthy, unstressed, well-fed, etc. You stated in an earlier
post that we don't want folks to get the wrong idea about our sport.
Well, folks with a political motive clearly spent a lot of money to
influence voters to have the wrong idea about the livestock industry.
Bottom line--it doesn't make much difference to the animal if the
producer's care is motivated by the dollar or be "really caring"--in most
cases, it is a combination of the two. But the ones who don't take
care of their stock can't afford to stay in the business. And there IS
a big difference between housing livestock in clean quarters, handling them
humanely, feeding properly, etc. (all the things the producer has to do to
ensure good production) and housing them in "hoggy condos" that fit the
visions that some of these off-the-wall animal rights folks seem to
have.
Heidi
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