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<blockquote data-quote="CattleAnnie" data-source="post: 44885" data-attributes="member: 220"><p>Hey Carrie,</p><p> We're not a big time operation up here...just big enough that we can't afford such lavish care on our stock. Poor beggars are expected to pay the bills around here, not rack them up. Really sucks to be them. All the same, I hate having to shoot a cow, calf or bull.</p><p></p><p> It's just one of those things that the consumers eating their steaks never imagine...watching an injured animal in pain; wishing you could afford to heal her but having to end it's suffering all the same.</p><p></p><p> I find it's worse with calves. This spring I had a first calver give birth to a real pretty little heifer calf...trouble was the poor wee thing had a twisted spine, couldn't stand upright. Of course, I was hoping that she was just kind of windswept from being born, and hauled her up to the house and bottled her for a few days. But I finally had to face the fact that she had a birth defect that she'd never overcome. Tough to put down a newborn thing, but what else to do?</p><p></p><p> Anyway, I'm sure not laughing at you. Nothing wrong in the least about being compassionate to animals. It's not as if the beggars have any choice themselves.</p><p></p><p>Take care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CattleAnnie, post: 44885, member: 220"] Hey Carrie, We're not a big time operation up here...just big enough that we can't afford such lavish care on our stock. Poor beggars are expected to pay the bills around here, not rack them up. Really sucks to be them. All the same, I hate having to shoot a cow, calf or bull. It's just one of those things that the consumers eating their steaks never imagine...watching an injured animal in pain; wishing you could afford to heal her but having to end it's suffering all the same. I find it's worse with calves. This spring I had a first calver give birth to a real pretty little heifer calf...trouble was the poor wee thing had a twisted spine, couldn't stand upright. Of course, I was hoping that she was just kind of windswept from being born, and hauled her up to the house and bottled her for a few days. But I finally had to face the fact that she had a birth defect that she'd never overcome. Tough to put down a newborn thing, but what else to do? Anyway, I'm sure not laughing at you. Nothing wrong in the least about being compassionate to animals. It's not as if the beggars have any choice themselves. Take care. [/QUOTE]
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