Jogeephus
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Got a call early this morning that my cows were out and I rushed out to the location I was given only to find it wasn't my cows. I located tracks and followed these to the home of a new neighbor. This neighbor raises everything from guineas to donkeys on there 7 acre ranch. As I'm out there, I run into the guy and he admits it is his heifer. I look over his shoulder and see a 8 weight bull laying on his chest pushing himself across the ground trying to find something to eat in the putting green they call a pasture. I ask what is wrong with the bull and he tells me it was born that way. The sight of this animal's situation just made me furious. Now don't get me wrong, I'm no tree hugger or a prairie fairy but this seemed cruel to me and I told him so. Since the guard at the gate was sleeping on duty, I also told him I thought he was an idiot to think that a three sided fence consisting of a single strand of electric fence set two foot off the ground would confine his goats much less a horny heifer. I then told him he should be ashamed of himself for treating an animal like that and its folks like him that gives cattle producers a bad name. Then I walked off.
I then called the sheriff and asked them to refer any "cow on highway" calls in that area to our new neighbor. You know, the same one ya'll refer all the "goats on the highway" and "geese on the highway" and "donkeys on the highway" calls to. And please don't refer anymore to me. Especially if they are red.
I admit, it wasn't the most neighborly thing to do. I am not normally like this. Felt a little guilty but it was an aweful sight to me.
I then called the sheriff and asked them to refer any "cow on highway" calls in that area to our new neighbor. You know, the same one ya'll refer all the "goats on the highway" and "geese on the highway" and "donkeys on the highway" calls to. And please don't refer anymore to me. Especially if they are red.
I admit, it wasn't the most neighborly thing to do. I am not normally like this. Felt a little guilty but it was an aweful sight to me.