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Thursday, December 18, 2003 2:59 PM

Steer That Fled Slaughterhouse Spared

 

 

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Steer That Fled Slaughterhouse Spared

Wed Dec 17,10:59 AM ET Add Strange News - AP to My

 

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. "

 

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Thanks Mary Ann... i will pass this story on!

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Mary Ann Hulock

Thursday, December 18, 2003 3:32 PM

Re: Steer That Fled Slaughterhouse Spared

 

 

Steer That Fled Slaughterhouse Spared

Wed Dec 17,10:59 AM ET Add Strange News - AP to My

 

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. "

 

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Great story! Too bad we can't save all the cows!

 

~ feral ~

 

This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor:

to change the character of our thought.

~ Lin Yutang

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, " Mary Ann Hulock " <

mary.hulock@m...> wrote:

> Steer That Fled Slaughterhouse Spared

> Wed Dec 17,10:59 AM ET Add Strange News - AP to My

 

> 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. "

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