Urgent: help woman save beloved cows from slaughter!

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(I apologize for not posting this sooner. I didn't have time to read it till

now. Ways you can help listed below. -S)

 

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NOTMILK - THREE GENERATIONS OF LOVELY LADIES

Fri, 26 Jul 2002 10:27:53 -0000

 

*Live Free or Die*

 

New Hampshire's state motto is

appropriate for today's column.

 

The state of New Hampshire has a total area of 9,351

square miles, 83% of which is forest. One woman friend

of mine owns more than one and one-third of those square

miles. Her name is Jennifer Wiley. Jennifer resides on 860

mostly wooded acres in Madison, New Hampshire with her

93-year-old mother, Katherine, and her 28 year-old-daughter,

Joanna.

 

Jennifer's Email: maeve32

 

Together, these three women live free, while their

tiny herd of cows is destined to soon die by the hands

of a butcher in a country slaughterhouse.

 

Jennifer so loves those animals, but can no longer

care for them. Three generations of humans live

together with three generations of bovines. These are

not milking cows. Most are Herefords, with a sprinkling

of Holstein and Brown Swiss. Jennifer has enormous

financial pressures, and must sell these cows to the

highest bidder. That means the slaughterhouse, yet,

she would consider sacrificing income by finding her

companion animals a good place to live out their lives.

 

Jennifer's cows once slept on concrete, in cramped

stalls. They now live in a large white barn and sleep

on hay. The four older bovines have names. Rhodora,

Colleen (part Holstein), Hannah (Rhodora's cousin),

and Kate (Rhodora's daughter).

 

Kate has two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary.

These two heifers play a constant game of tag,

chasing each other in Jennifer Wiley's field.

 

Mary is the self-proclaimed baby sitter for

three calves, whose testicles have been painfully

clamped so that they atrophy, then fall off. These

baby male calves will be raised as steers.

 

Jennifer cannot bear to sell these gentle creatures

for their meat. They have names. Jennifer has tears.

Jennifer contacted me as a result of my recent

columns about animal sanctuaries. Those columns are

now posted as the centerpiece of my website:

 

http://www.notmilk.com

 

Does Jennifer have an alternative? One of Jennifer's

neighbors has offered to help transport these gentle animals

to a sanctuary. We need gas money. We need money for Farm

Sanctuary or Oasis or Ohmahnee, or other caregivers. Please

become a part of the final solution. Rhodora, Colleen,

Hannah, Kate, Mary, and the children will live, with your

genorosity.

 

These cows may soon be running free in a field, taken care

of by people with love in their hearts. They might also

soon be served with a special sauce on a sesame seed bun.

 

Contact me if you can provide a donation to help

care for their sanctuary.

 

Meanwhile...back at my farm, I am faced with a dilemma.

Farm Sanctuary will host their festive hoedown in nine

days on August 4th. There will be over two hundred people

there celebrating the rescued farm animals who live their

lives in peace at Gene and Lorri's farm.

 

THE GRAND DILEMMA

 

Jennifer may give me the animals for a nominal fee. They are

available for rescue. Her friend, Laura, has a trailer that

can carry the animals from New Hampshire to Watkins Glen, New

York.

 

I can drive three male calves, two heifers, and a

cow to Farm Sanctuary. Will these animals be welcomed

with the same love that welcomed the others? Will they

live free or die? The alternative is for these animals

to be slaughtered.

 

What will Gene Bauston do? Gene's recently posted his

latest financial statement to the Internet. I was pleasantly

surprised to learn that the Baustons have raised over three

million dollars this past year, and have hundreds of thousands

of dollars in the bank, working to draw interest. Perhaps that

money can be put to use working to save the lives of Jennifer's

grand dames. Three generations of lovely ladies. By welcoming

these animals, Gene can create additional good will, raise

additional funds, and allow these animals to live free and

not die.

 

Will somebody get Gene's blessing for this rescue?

With his approval, I will show up on August fourth

with six new additions to his beautiful family.

 

Will our efforts make a difference?

I've contacted a friend, a producer for a nationally

televised show out of New York. This could be one

very powerful feel-good story. We have the potential

to create a million new vegetarians if this is done right.

Please contact Gene and Lorri, and let them know that

you appreciate their continuing love for the animals:

 

gene

 

Robert Cohen

http://www.notmilk.com

 

 

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