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Why would anyone be against banding?
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<blockquote data-quote="Double R Ranch" data-source="post: 79268" data-attributes="member: 411"><p>Alan,</p><p>I am glad that you brought this topic up. We have just lost a long time friend and fellow cattleman due to the banding issue.</p><p>In the past we have asked him to come help us castrate our calves. Each year, for one reason or another (his reasons not ours), he has not made it out to help us castrate with a knife. (his way)</p><p>We do not feel comfortable doing it without knowing what we are doing. That is the reason we need him to come help. Then for future years we would know what we were doing.</p><p>Long story short, we have lost money by selling bull calves the last few years and this year we had enough.</p><p>Now the calves are 5 months old and still bulls. So I got fed up and banded the calves.</p><p>Now since we met we have not banded due to the fact that he thinks that it is the cruelest thing that you can do. He is 100% against banding!!! </p><p>He says that it is like kicking a puppy. He says that the calves suffer so terribly! None of our calves have suffered or had any problems.</p><p>When he finally found out that we banded he flew off the handle. He said that he can never speek to us again because we are so cruel.</p><p>So, there are many opinions on this issue. We say do what ever seems right to you at what ever age. This friends mato however is "Whatever happens on your own ranch is your own business" guess this only means when it suits him ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Double R Ranch, post: 79268, member: 411"] Alan, I am glad that you brought this topic up. We have just lost a long time friend and fellow cattleman due to the banding issue. In the past we have asked him to come help us castrate our calves. Each year, for one reason or another (his reasons not ours), he has not made it out to help us castrate with a knife. (his way) We do not feel comfortable doing it without knowing what we are doing. That is the reason we need him to come help. Then for future years we would know what we were doing. Long story short, we have lost money by selling bull calves the last few years and this year we had enough. Now the calves are 5 months old and still bulls. So I got fed up and banded the calves. Now since we met we have not banded due to the fact that he thinks that it is the cruelest thing that you can do. He is 100% against banding!!! He says that it is like kicking a puppy. He says that the calves suffer so terribly! None of our calves have suffered or had any problems. When he finally found out that we banded he flew off the handle. He said that he can never speek to us again because we are so cruel. So, there are many opinions on this issue. We say do what ever seems right to you at what ever age. This friends mato however is "Whatever happens on your own ranch is your own business" guess this only means when it suits him ;-) [/QUOTE]
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