Guest guest Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Hard to believe someone could send an animal to slaughter after spending so much time and energy keeping them healthy and good-looking. Do you have an address for the publisher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 - Dasgopal (AT) aol (DOT) com Monday, January 5, 2004 1:11 am Re: Oxen - best appearance for festivals > Wow! That's gives a neat perspective. I had no idea that non- > devotees got so > into that sort of thing. I always thought it was sad that some non- > devotees > had their cows, (and more often their horses) in these beautiful > padocks with > painted board fences, and we had them in high-tensil, barbwire, or > electric > fence. I know its practical and usually a financial necessity, but > it would be > so > nice to make it world-class! > > Thanks for sharing this. > > ys-Gopal One sad thing is that many of these animals will eventually end up in a slaughter house -- but the good thing is that not all of them will. I have heard of a number of instances where the family will simply maintain the child's ox team as pets and let them live out their lives on their farm. It's interesting -- inadvertently, they are worshipping Dharma, the Personality of Religion. And in some cases, you can see they are getting some type of spiritual reciprocation, especially in cases where they decide to maintain the animals for life. Tim and Gerry Hupper, the folks that run BerryBrook ox supply store have a handsome team which they plan to keep for life. Since they are 4-H advisors, it's easy to imagine that some of the young teamsters they coach will ask their Moms and Dads if they can also do the same with their teams. Another thing that I note about these instructions on how to groom an ox nicely is that they would strongly appeal to kids this age. They like to have a project that has many details for perfection. They like the feeling of competition, too, and trying their very best. We think that there is no time to maintain our animals like this -- but in cases where a teamster could act like a 4-H advisor, maybe community children could "adopt" different animals and groom them in competition for different festivals. It would add a lively element to the festivals, and some of the kids would be no doubt hooked for life on ox power. As always, we need to make sure that all child protection standards are safely in place when setting up a program like this -- as all activities like scouting, little league baseball, etc., are also unfortunately also sure-fire lures for pedophiles. Also, it's clear that safety standards would have to be in place. There is no way a ten year old can do this kind of grooming to an ox who has been practically wild in the pasture for most of his life. But kids could work with young animals, or older well-trained docile animals. With good standards in place, a program would be of benefit to everyone -- the oxen, the kids, the cow herds, and the community -- in service to Srila Prabhupada and the Deities. your servant, Hare Krsna dasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 - "Rupanuga (das) TKG (Dallas, TX - US)" <Rupanuga.TKG (AT) pamho (DOT) net> Monday, January 5, 2004 8:26 am Oxen - best appearance for festivals > Hard to believe someone could send an animal to slaughter after > spending so > much time and energy keeping them healthy and good-looking. Actually, as it turns out, a lot of them can't -- they end up keeping the oxen as pets. Do > you have an > address for the publisher? You can order it from BerryBrook. They probably know the author personally, since they are also located in New Hampshire. The ox power community is a pretty tight-knit group of people. They are mostly all friends with each other. Here's the web address for BerryBrook Ox Supply: http://www.berrybrookoxsupply.com/ They are a very small outfit, so you cannot pay for items online. They ask that you call or e-mail them with your order and then send a check or money order. e-mail: berrybrookoxen (AT) aol (DOT) com 603-335-4475 I think in my last e-mail I mentioned that the owners are Tim and Gerry Huppe -- that was wrong, it's Tim and Wendy Huppe. your servant, Hare Krsna dasi > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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