I CARE about Animal Abuse

    I was cruising Facebook this morning when I saw all my "ag-blog" buddies have a common theme going on. I'm usually "late to the party", so I figured I'd check things out. I've been sick and hanging out on the couch lately so I wasn't surprised to hear that I'd missed the latest undercover animal abuse video. Well, I haven't missed it now.

    I literally watched 30 seconds of it (maybe even less) and was gasping and crying all at once. If you want to watch it, then google it. I'll not be providing a link on here. The less hits that nasty thing gets, the better in my book. Maybe my thinking is wrong, but I wouldn't want anyone to see what I just did. Not for fear of repercussions, but for the heartache it causes.

    My question is this....if the undercover person taking the video is supposed to be helping the welfare of these animals, Why didn't they take the pick-axe and sledge hammer out of the person's hands BEFORE they bludgeoned the calf to death ?????????????????????????????????????? Just a thought.

    I know that calves get sick. I know, all to well, that some sick calves die. I also know that I've never seen a rancher take a pick-axe to a dying calf.

    I have seen them give one last ditch effort at doctoring and inject medicine into an already dying calf that costs them a small fortune per dose. They know full well, it's not going to save them, but they try everything.

    I've also seen a ranch wife bring numerous calves into her house just to keep their ears from getting frost bit. Imagine that, calves inside someones house, they care that much about the welfare of animals.

    I've also seen a ranch wife load up her own baby in a car seat, in the middle of a snowstorm, and drive through the herd to find that one calf that was just born at the wrong time. She then moves the car seat over to make room for the 100+ pound calf she's about to pick up and put in the truck. Even though she's still not supposed to be lifting anything that heavy so soon after her own delivery.

    I've seen a rancher say, "he's dead, you might as well hit him in the head", then he bends down and does cpr on a dying calf while sucking the gunk out of his lungs to attempt to clear his airways. He doesn't hit him in the head.  The calf literally dies in his arms. He then broods about it for hours, wishing there was something else he could have done.

     What I haven't seen is any animal rights groups knock on my door or that of my neighbors. The fact of the matter is that 95% of farms and ranches are family owned and operated. So why are the animal rights groups going to the 5% and trying to put the 95% out of business? Because they only want to further their own agenda (mainly veganism), and not see that we are people who actually CARE about our animals.

    Contrary to popular belief, you can be a carnivore and still CARE about animals. 

    You don't have to be vegan to CARE about animals.

    You don't have to be vegan to fight for an animals life and well-being.

    You don't have to be vegan to nurse a sick animal back to health.

    You don't have to be vegan to cry when an animal dies in your arms.

    You don't have to be vegan to be angered when you see videos of animal abuse.

    I am a mother.   

    I am a Ranch Wife.   

    I am a carnivore.

    I do eat meat.

    I do raise cattle for meat.

    I do raise sheep for meat.

    I do raise chickens for meat.

    I do CARE about my animals.

    I do cry when one dies.

    I do try my best to not only keep them alive, but give them the best life they can have, until their death.

    I do have the utmost respect for the animals' lives that we are entrusted to care for.

    I do CARE about animals. Most of the time, I CARE about animals more than I do people. Especially people who threaten my way of life by getting some video of an idiot that doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to animal care. Yet another idiot that doesn't know anything about management or the people that he hires, puts the first idiot in charge of the lives of animals. Let's not forget the third idiot that stands there and does nothing but just keeps the camera rolling.  

    If you want to be vegan, vegetarian, or carnivore, that's your choice as a free American. My husband fought for this country for you to have that right. It's also my right to express myself by telling you to not lump me into the same category as the idiots in the video. Another ag-blogger said something like this, "There are some women that are prostitutes. So just because I'm a woman, does that make me a prostitute? No."  

    Let's compare apples and apples next time. Not B.S. and real family run operations. Not B.S. and people who actually CARE. Just in case anyone forgot.....

    I am a Ranch Wife.

    I am a Carnivore.

    I DO CARE ABOUT ANIMALS.

     

Comments

[JJ]

Right On! Thanks for your words.

[Shirley]

Thanks for the great post. Hope you feel better soon.

[Lona]

APPLAUDING your VERY well written piece here! VERY WELL SAID! Amen Sister!!!

[Sandra]

Great post If the so called vegans really cared about animals they would spend their time working to see that the animals are raised and slaughtered humanely because people are not going to stop eating meat.

[BackCountryBelle]

I like your honesty and the integrity of your writing in this post. I hope your message is carried on by all that read.

[Adele]

Amen! Thank you for a very well written piece!

[Tonya]

This is sad. I grew up as a ranch girl and still help my grandfather out when I can. I agree we care more than most people realise. And its sad that this is happening. But its not everyone. Well wrote. Well stated. Totally agree.

[Carol]

This is an amazing article... very well written. I just wanted to say congrats on the Wyoming Roundup article too! I think you sounded like a good representative of ranch wives/bloggers! Thanks!

[Mary Neese]

Just got a chance to read this post and want to say thank you for a very well written, heartfelt piece. I hope that some of the people who see the video also see your blog.

[Saska]

I watched a few seconds of the video and turned around and threw up in my trash can. How can a person be so cruel.
The baby animals on our farm are just as human as we are...we were put on earth to be their caretakers.

Well written post. I'll be back.

[Joelle]

Beautifully put girl!

[Jan Carbone]

VERY GOOD Kacee--YOU know what you are talking about and it shows.....<3

[jamiee zeitler]

sometimes when you look their eyes. I think that moment makes every adult a vegetarian!

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watching the news everyday, makes you release how cruel humen being is, even to their own kind. No wonder there's so much animal abusing around the world.

[Denise Rich]

Very well said and written!
Thank you.