Posted by RodInNS on February 18, 2008 at 19:11:44 from (24.224.246.156):
In Reply to: Re: beef recall posted by jayinny on February 18, 2008 at 14:46:42:
There are a fair number of situations where putting an animal down isn't an option either. I had a beef cow go down while calving a few weeks ago that had to be moved. There is a way of doing that without harming them if one is careful. She was back on her feet later that day and is now feeding the calf while she recovers... but if I hadn't moved her she would be dead. I've also had situations where animals got trapped between the tombstones in a tombstone feeder and the only way to get them out is lifting. Done that with both slings and pallet forks depending on the situation. They all lived for another day, as much as I would have liked to shoot some of them right there.....
Inerestingly enough I just watched the footage on the news from that plant about 10 minutes ago. I can't imagine what they were thinking or if they were thinking at all... There was no need for what I saw there.
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