Heather Moore
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I’ll bite.
1. Were the 4-H children transported with their animals to the slaughterhouse where they could participate in the final step in the process of learning “where their food comes from”? If not, why not? At our county fair last year, a small boy wanted to see the entire process. His father took him to a small locker to watch the animals be butchered. Most farm kids have seen animals being butchered on their farms. Its part of raising meat animals. Also, some 4H programs participate in meats and carcass judging where the kids actually go to a processing plant and do just that– evaluate the meat while its hanging.
2. Were the 4-H children allowed to choose whether their animal would live or die? Billy, Mary: Would you rather have $300 for your lamb and let the lamb live, or would you rather have $300 for your lamb and have the lamb slaughtered? If not, why not? At most fairs there is a choice whether the kids would like to sell their animals or not. Most kids sell their animals because that’s the reason they raised them- for human consumption.
“Why put the animals, not to mention the children, through all that terror and stress of an auction and transport, when they could have been simply and peaceably transferred to a sanctuary?” I’m really questioning why a trip on a trailer to a processing plant is considered “terror and stress” and a trip on the same trailer to a santuary is considered “simple and peaceable.” Theatrics much?
I think that the Wagner Farm program is great, and wish that more farms could be preserved in this way!
Posted to Wagner Farm animal auction spurs protests - Deerfield
I’ll bite.
1. Were the 4-H children transported with their animals to the slaughterhouse where they could participate in the final step in the process of learning “where their food comes from”? If not, why not? At our county fair last year, a small boy wanted to see the entire process. His father took him to a small locker to watch the animals be butchered. Most farm kids have seen animals being butchered on their farms. Its part of raising meat animals. Also, some 4H programs participate in meats and carcass judging where the kids actually go to a processing plant and do just that– evaluate the meat while its hanging.
2. Were the 4-H children allowed to choose whether their animal would live or die? Billy, Mary: Would you rather have $300 for your lamb and let the lamb live, or would you rather have $300 for your lamb and have the lamb slaughtered? If not, why not? At most fairs there is a choice whether the kids would like to sell their animals or not. Most kids sell their animals because that’s the reason they raised them- for human consumption.
“Why put the animals, not to mention the children, through all that terror and stress of an auction and transport, when they could have been simply and peaceably transferred to a sanctuary?” I’m really questioning why a trip on a trailer to a processing plant is considered “terror and stress” and a trip on the same trailer to a santuary is considered “simple and peaceable.” Theatrics much?
I think that the Wagner Farm program is great, and wish that more farms could be preserved in this way!
Posted to Wagner Farm animal auction spurs protests - Glenview
I’ll bite.
1. Were the 4-H children transported with their animals to the slaughterhouse where they could participate in the final step in the process of learning “where their food comes from”? If not, why not? At our county fair last year, a small boy wanted to see the entire process. His father took him to a small locker to watch the animals be butchered. Most farm kids have seen animals being butchered on their farms. Its part of raising meat animals. Also, some 4H programs participate in meats and carcass judging where the kids actually go to a processing plant and do just that– evaluate the meat while its hanging.
2. Were the 4-H children allowed to choose whether their animal would live or die? Billy, Mary: Would you rather have $300 for your lamb and let the lamb live, or would you rather have $300 for your lamb and have the lamb slaughtered? If not, why not? At most fairs there is a choice whether the kids would like to sell their animals or not. Most kids sell their animals because that’s the reason they raised them- for human consumption.
“Why put the animals, not to mention the children, through all that terror and stress of an auction and transport, when they could have been simply and peaceably transferred to a sanctuary?” I’m really questioning why a trip on a trailer to a processing plant is considered “terror and stress” and a trip on the same trailer to a santuary is considered “simple and peaceable.” Theatrics much?
I think that the Wagner Farm program is great, and wish that more farms could be preserved in this way!
Posted to Wagner Farm animal auction spurs protests - Grayslake
I’ll bite.
1. Were the 4-H children transported with their animals to the slaughterhouse where they could participate in the final step in the process of learning “where their food comes from”? If not, why not? At our county fair last year, a small boy wanted to see the entire process. His father took him to a small locker to watch the animals be butchered. Most farm kids have seen animals being butchered on their farms. Its part of raising meat animals. Also, some 4H programs participate in meats and carcass judging where the kids actually go to a processing plant and do just that– evaluate the meat while its hanging.
2. Were the 4-H children allowed to choose whether their animal would live or die? Billy, Mary: Would you rather have $300 for your lamb and let the lamb live, or would you rather have $300 for your lamb and have the lamb slaughtered? If not, why not? At most fairs there is a choice whether the kids would like to sell their animals or not. Most kids sell their animals because that’s the reason they raised them- for human consumption.
“Why put the animals, not to mention the children, through all that terror and stress of an auction and transport, when they could have been simply and peaceably transferred to a sanctuary?” I’m really questioning why a trip on a trailer to a processing plant is considered “terror and stress” and a trip on the same trailer to a santuary is considered “simple and peaceable.” Theatrics much?
I think that the Wagner Farm program is great, and wish that more farms could be preserved in this way!
Posted to Wagner Farm animal auction spurs protests - Highland Park & Highwood
I’ll bite.
1. Were the 4-H children transported with their animals to the slaughterhouse where they could participate in the final step in the process of learning “where their food comes from”? If not, why not? At our county fair last year, a small boy wanted to see the entire process. His father took him to a small locker to watch the animals be butchered. Most farm kids have seen animals being butchered on their farms. Its part of raising meat animals. Also, some 4H programs participate in meats and carcass judging where the kids actually go to a processing plant and do just that– evaluate the meat while its hanging.
2. Were the 4-H children allowed to choose whether their animal would live or die? Billy, Mary: Would you rather have $300 for your lamb and let the lamb live, or would you rather have $300 for your lamb and have the lamb slaughtered? If not, why not? At most fairs there is a choice whether the kids would like to sell their animals or not. Most kids sell their animals because that’s the reason they raised them- for human consumption.
“Why put the animals, not to mention the children, through all that terror and stress of an auction and transport, when they could have been simply and peaceably transferred to a sanctuary?” I’m really questioning why a trip on a trailer to a processing plant is considered “terror and stress” and a trip on the same trailer to a santuary is considered “simple and peaceable.” Theatrics much?
I think that the Wagner Farm program is great, and wish that more farms could be preserved in this way!
Posted to Wagner Farm animal auction spurs protests - Lake Bluff
I’ll bite.
1. Were the 4-H children transported with their animals to the slaughterhouse where they could participate in the final step in the process of learning “where their food comes from”? If not, why not? At our county fair last year, a small boy wanted to see the entire process. His father took him to a small locker to watch the animals be butchered. Most farm kids have seen animals being butchered on their farms. Its part of raising meat animals. Also, some 4H programs participate in meats and carcass judging where the kids actually go to a processing plant and do just that– evaluate the meat while its hanging.
2. Were the 4-H children allowed to choose whether their animal would live or die? Billy, Mary: Would you rather have $300 for your lamb and let the lamb live, or would you rather have $300 for your lamb and have the lamb slaughtered? If not, why not? At most fairs there is a choice whether the kids would like to sell their animals or not. Most kids sell their animals because that’s the reason they raised them- for human consumption.
“Why put the animals, not to mention the children, through all that terror and stress of an auction and transport, when they could have been simply and peaceably transferred to a sanctuary?” I’m really questioning why a trip on a trailer to a processing plant is considered “terror and stress” and a trip on the same trailer to a santuary is considered “simple and peaceable.” Theatrics much?
I think that the Wagner Farm program is great, and wish that more farms could be preserved in this way!
Posted to Wagner Farm animal auction spurs protests - Lake Forest
I’ll bite.
1. Were the 4-H children transported with their animals to the slaughterhouse where they could participate in the final step in the process of learning “where their food comes from”? If not, why not? At our county fair last year, a small boy wanted to see the entire process. His father took him to a small locker to watch the animals be butchered. Most farm kids have seen animals being butchered on their farms. Its part of raising meat animals. Also, some 4H programs participate in meats and carcass judging where the kids actually go to a processing plant and do just that– evaluate the meat while its hanging.
2. Were the 4-H children allowed to choose whether their animal would live or die? Billy, Mary: Would you rather have $300 for your lamb and let the lamb live, or would you rather have $300 for your lamb and have the lamb slaughtered? If not, why not? At most fairs there is a choice whether the kids would like to sell their animals or not. Most kids sell their animals because that’s the reason they raised them- for human consumption.
“Why put the animals, not to mention the children, through all that terror and stress of an auction and transport, when they could have been simply and peaceably transferred to a sanctuary?” I’m really questioning why a trip on a trailer to a processing plant is considered “terror and stress” and a trip on the same trailer to a santuary is considered “simple and peaceable.” Theatrics much?
I think that the Wagner Farm program is great, and wish that more farms could be preserved in this way!
Posted to Wagner Farm animal auction spurs protests - Wilmette & Kenilworth