Sent on Sunday, March 23, 2008 9:51 AM  by "Lynnet Bannion" 
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>>>see the
life the animals lead.<<<<

Care to elaborate this sentence?  Does this means I must go out everyday and 
give  massages to my sheep and whisper sweet nothing to their ears?

Why you all think farming equals unethical treatment of ruminants is beyond 
me,while falling into PETA's psycho babble about how farmers mistreat their 
animals is firmly seated in your minds, I will give you a thought to ponder 
upon.
When Paleo men had to hunt down their meals and  speared them to death 
(long,agonizing way of dying),was that an ethical treatment?

I have been a sheep farmer for over 25 years and I can tell only part with 
this wisdom,given a chance to graze lush green pasture vs.running off miles 
to raid the grain bins in feed stores,guess which route sheep will prefer 
even if they haven't seen one kernel?

Elevating ruminants or any domesticated animals into your level of 
thoughts/intelligence is quite arrogant, men/women makes this mistake quite 
often only to change the outcome of the animal world as their instinct is 
almost always forgotten and royally replaced by what humans think it is the 
right way.

Inci Willard