Find my May 14th, 2008 Westminster Eagle column here: Pictures are worth a thousand words, but not the whole picture
Humane Society right to stand for cow that couldn't
I take offense at the tone of
It was both snide and sarcastic as he described the reported inhumane treatment of a sick cow left outside the auction house overnight without food or water.
While I was not there -- nor was he -- I've been to enough livestock auctions in
I'm glad the Humane Society takes an interest in monitoring these establishments, which, after all, are in the business of making money off these animals.
Mr. Dayhoff's column conveys the attitude that these "events" were misrepresented by the Humane Society and perhaps, were something of a witch hunt. I can't speak to that, but I feel these animals deserve humane, compassionate treatment while they are in our care -- even if they are eventually destined for our dinner table.
Michele Gramens
Humane society found wrongdoing in
In response to The Humane Society of the United States' investigation into the treatment of dairy cows at livestock auctions in four states, including the Westminster Livestock Auction, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer stated:
"The dairy cattle shown in the video were non-ambulatory and were abandoned in parking lots of these auctions and yards. These animals were not in slaughter facilities. However, even though this is not a food safety issue, these actions of animal cruelty are not acceptable."
Secretary Schafer was spot on -- these animals, including the cow at
The HSUS contacted the Humane Society of
It is time for auction owners to treat animals humanely, and to act accordingly, both in terms of ethics and the law.
Humane Society of the
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