Steer that Fled Slaughterhouse to be Spared

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My daughter Maharani just sent the following. I thought it would be

of interest to the Cow conference.

 

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Personal message:

 

His birth-bed shall be neither

In housen nor in hall,

Nor in the place of Paradise,

But in the oxen stall.

-From The Cherry Tree Carol

 

Merry Christmas!

 

Love,

Maha

 

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AP News - DETROIT - A steer that fled the slaughterhouse two weeks ago

will get the chance to live out his days on a Michigan farm

 

After negotiations, the slaughterhouse's owner and representatives of an

animal sanctuary reached an agreement Monday that will spare the steer's

life.

 

The animal has been monitored by federal food inspectors since it was

shot with a tranquilizer dart near a busy Detroit street on Dec 2. Under

federal rules, the steer could have been legally slaughtered Wednesday.

 

Instead, the Al Badr Slaughterhouse will donate the animal to the

Sanctuary and Safe Haven for Animals, according to Dorothy Davies,

director of the Manchester farm.

 

The farm will pay the slaughterhouse an undisclosed sum to cover charges

associated with the steer's break, including the cost of a crane to lift

the sedated animal, two weeks' worth of feed and veterinary expenses.

 

Davies hopes to pick up the steer this week.

 

Al Badr's owner did not return calls for comment. A woman answering the

slaughterhouse's phone said the owner was at a livestock auction.

 

Davies said the skittish steer has touched thousands of area residents.

 

About 30 people sent the sanctuary small donations to help purchase the

steer, raising just over $1,000, Davies said.

 

"He put a face on food," she said. "Looking at hamburger meat wrapped in

a cellophane package is not the same as looking at that face."