I AM FURIUS!!!!! IS THIS ART?????

Shana,

Thank you. You spelt it perfectly.

I have tried writing to dairies asking for clarifictions and they never reply.

When I was a child, local milkmen would bring the cow to your home and milk it at your doorstep. It was evident which milkmen were kind to their animals. There was no availability of hormones to increase milk production. With the advent of dairies, this model has disappeared.

I am so glad the US is creating humane sources for eggs and dairy. Eventually it trickles down to the rest of the world.

~* Vrinda *~
 
Basically, it is a petition to the Central American Biennale 2008 to boycott and veto this "artist" from participating in the Biennale Exhibition.

Chris.
 
>Basically, it is a petition to the Central American Biennale
>2008 to boycott and veto this "artist" from participating in
>the Biennale Exhibition.
>
>Chris.

Thank you! In one of the "required" areas to enter info for the petition, it says "PaAs". Does anyone know what that is? I'm not sure what to put there!!

Allison

http://www.picturetrail.com/allisonj90
 
Chris,

I dont understand. Why is this man providing a link to a petition that will boycott him at his own blog? Is he trying to capitalize on the attention again in some perverse way?

~* Vrinda *~
 
Vrinda - I hope so too. We are able to buy so many organic and hormone free products here now, and have the availability of products that you know come from caring people. I guess you could buy your own chickens and cows and start your own humane, organic, hormone/antibiotic free company :) I grew up on a farm - quite fulfilling and peaceful. I miss it.
 
>Chris,
>
>I dont understand. Why is this man providing a link to a
>petition that will boycott him at his own blog? Is he trying
>to capitalize on the attention again in some perverse way?
>
>~* Vrinda *~

Exactly! Doesn't that seem strange? I'm hesitant to sign it....

Allison

http://www.picturetrail.com/allisonj90
 
>Thank you! In one of the "required" areas to enter info for
>the petition, it says "PaAs".

país = country (for some reason, the accent marks aren't showing correctly)
 
Re: "humanely treated" dairy cows:

I can't imagine a humane way of obtaining dairy in any quantity. In order to have a lactating cow, she must have a baby about every 2 years. And in order for there to be a large amount of milk to sell, the calf is usually taken away from mom ASAP (and if male, usually sold to a veal producer, because male dairy cows are pretty much useless for profit making).
 
>Re: "humanely treated" dairy cows:
>
>I can't imagine a humane way of obtaining dairy in any
>quantity. In order to have a lactating cow, she must have a
>baby about every 2 years. And in order for there to be a large
>amount of milk to sell, the calf is usually taken away from
>mom ASAP (and if male, usually sold to a veal producer,
>because male dairy cows are pretty much useless for profit
>making).

Oh god, I think I'm going to be sick. (again).

Allison

http://www.picturetrail.com/allisonj90
 
> Why is this man providing a link to a
>petition that will boycott him at his own blog? Is he trying
>to capitalize on the attention again in some perverse way?

It's not his blog page, it's a page of a group protesting the treatment of the animal. It quotes from his Myspace page, but is NOT linked to the a-hole himself.

(Though I recommend not scrolling down the page, as they have photos of the dog... it's disgusting to see the dog obviously starving to death, with a bunch of people hanging around behind like they're at some open house).
 
>Snopes is investigating this. Status undetermined as of yet.
> Let's hope that it is just a publicity stunt or urban legend,
>and the dog was not injured.

The photos show differently, unfortunately. ;(
 
Kathryn,

Unfortunately I dont have pictures handy, else I would have posted. Two of my aunts had cows at home years ago. Milk for the home came from the cows. When they had calves, the calves were not taken away until it was time for weaning. Those cows were so affectionate, just like a dog would be. I had a pic of a cow with her fore legs on my aunt's shoulders, nuzzling her neck. I used to love to see her do that. Both aunts loved their cows so much they cleaned the cow shed and gave the cows baths themselves, although they hired help for other tasks. The sad part was, males were sold to agricultural farms for ploughing or for use to draw bullock carts and you only hoped they were cared for kindly:

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http://www.spraguephoto.com/stock/i...ing India Man ploughing a field Karnataka.jpg

I turned vegetarian after our neighbours started a small farm with hens and goats. I dont remember how old I was. Hens can be such sweet creatures too. The kids would skip over the fence and graze in our garden and I would play with them.

This is a recent pic of me with a kid:
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Cows and goats can be seen free ranging even in major cities here.

~* Vrinda *~
 
I'm afraid to look at this message for fear I will cry all day or week or whatever it takes to get over the feeling of crying. Just can't do it. I hope one day people could recieve the same fate as the animals they destroy. It's downright shameful!

Janie

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The idea is to die young as late as possible.
 
I definitely agree that this is awful, but it's also kind of old news. The alleged offense took place almost a year ago and the e-mail has been going around since October. The pictures will definitely show a dog that is starving because it was a starving dog taken from the streets of the city. Whether the artist was feeding and giving the dog water when it was not on display (which the gallery owner claims was the case) still remains to be seen. Aside from all that, it's horrible that the poor dog was put on display like that - he should have been taken to a vet and saying he would just have died anyways is very cold. From what the articles are saying though, starving half-dead dogs like that are the norm around there. It would be wonderful if all this energy going into e-mails and petitions could be directed towards actually helping those dogs out. As was pointed out by the artist and the owner of the gallery, not a SINGLE person lifted a finger to help that dog. Obviously, there is a deep routed problem there.
 
Just sitting here hoping this is all not true! Hoping and praying! And on the verge of tears....

I'd love to sign the petition but too am worried about exactly what it says! I'd hate to think somewhere there it's backing everything this weirdo is doing!:-(
 
<I can't imagine a humane way of obtaining dairy in any quantity.....>
Interesting sweeping generalizations.....
 
Beavs,

From what I have read, I agree with what Kathryn is saying about "quantity".

A lot of the cruelty comes from treating the cow like a piece of land where you try to maximize yield to meet demand.

Milk is a lot more expensive to produce if male calves are not taken away from the cows soon after birth (I have heard how cows cry when this is done - it is heart breaking) and if injections of hormones that dont have terrible side effects are not given to cows. Also cows are impregnated 85 days after birthing to keep them constantly lactating in most "mass producing" farms.

~* Vrinda *~
 
Regardless of when this picture of the dog was taken, it is still a dog, and was still starving. Sick and disgusting that this animal ended up this way. Doesn't make any sense.
 
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