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| Utilized my brother-in-law's tractor to mow paddock #1 (you see in the background). I wanted to put the flock and herd in this paddock because they have eaten down paddocks #5 and 6. Will move them to #2 next week. I have been saving #3 and 4 while stock-piling grass for them to eat in December and January, so I hopefully won't have to buy and feed hay until late January. |
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| Our veterinarian spotted this baby fox dead along the road this morning. She stopped to inspect it because she thought it was a baby cougar. |
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| Why was I at the Vet clinic this morning? Because we decided to have Percy castrated and keep him as a pet. |
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| I thought they were giving him a shot to knock him out in order for them to operate on him. No, that's not how it happens...just grab a hold of the testicle and pull! |
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| Ouch! Poor Percy. You can see one of his testicles lying near the knee of the petite, blond Vet student. Our vet, Dr Kim, is in the middle wearing a maroon sweat shirt and K7 is holding the head. K7 works at this clinic every Thursday as an unpaid intern. Okay, time to grab and pull once more. Ouch! If this is acceptable procedure for my goat, why can't it become standard procedure (punishment) for certain criminals in our society as well. I believe crimes against women and children would be drastically reduced. |
While I know you are not in favor of mutilating criminals, it did seem harsh for the goat. What did he do? Good for K7 to be interning. Have you counseled K6 to give this a try?
ReplyDeleteWe originally bought Percy for $15 when he was less than a week old. The plan was to raise him for the freezer, but that soon changed as K8 bottle fed him around the clock. The plan changed to use him to cross-breed our dairy goats and put his off-spring on the market or in the freezer. Well, we sold all the does and got out of the goat business. Percy is our only goat, but as a maturing male, he was terrorizing our ewes and the ram was having to be on his guard against Percy. We decided to keep Percy as a pet, but only on the condition that he not keep his "manhood" (which also causes him as an adult buck to smell terrible!). Needless to say, I won't use this method of castration again. Much prefer banding the males at birth.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I have no problem mutilating rapists if that is what it takes to protect women and children from attack.
I agree with your comment...Then again, OUCH!
ReplyDeleteI feel that it would protect innocense in the future after they are set free again. I don't see why men who commit such a crime should keep their "manhood". It would lower the numbers of this problem drastically. On the other hand, Dan is right, it is unconstitutional.
ReplyDeleteIn the old days, really old days, it was death for rapists, wasn't it? So castration could be an choice over death? Of course, it would be done by Drs. humanely putting them out before proceeding with the surgery. At the moment I would prefer the vet's version myself. And KNOWING this was the consequence might deter some criminals.
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