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| I was wondering if anyone else found the add for Rodex sales and service offensive. Every time I see it in HF I get so upset. I realize that rodents can be a nuisence; however I also know that it is cruel to harm animals as well. I find it very upsetting that HF allows this type of add in their magazines. I may be overreacting but Gophers and prairie dogs are animals too. I would love to hear what everyone else thinks. Thanks P.P
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| Not at all. It is a valid ad for a farming magazine. We thought about doing something like that because of the gophers, but decided that for what we are doing they aren't too much of an issue in the hay fields and pasture currently. That may change depending on how much they like to eat berry roots. Also we were not sure how it would affect the deer and turkey and such in the back pastures.
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Not offensive for me. Wildlife need to be managed on a farm just as well as the livestock are. Get the balance right and its a sheer joy, but get the balance off and its troubling. It is so much easier to maintain a balance, rather then let something build up to excess and then try to thwart it.
Far better to trap and kill a gopher then to have a horse, goat, sheep, dog or cow break its leg while stepping into a hole. Now that is animal cruelty and where inadequate animal husbandry starts to play into the picture.
Eat lamb...because 50,000 coyotes CAN'T be wrong!
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| I'm pretty much a bleeding heart liberal and I agree with the other posters that sometimes you just have to remove some of the wildlife who are damaging the land and the crops. Part of the problem is that we've removed the natural predators (coyotes, foxes) who used to do the job for us. It's a balance. Mary Ann
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| Well this will show you all how little I paid any attention to the ads this issue. I'm going have to go back and see what you are talking about. I read the issues but did not take the time this go around is even look at any of the ads.
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| I am not offended by the ad. Pests must be controlled, whether you're talking about insects, predators, rodents, etc. Death is a part of living on a farm. We love our animals, and the opportunity to live close to nature, but there are times when you have to remove threats to your property and livestock. As much as we love and enjoy animals and try to treat them humanely, the are still animals.
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| I have not seen it....but I'll pick up a copy at wally world, look at it and then put it back :)
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| My husband says I am too soft, that is also why we got rid of the goats. Everything becomes a pet. He told me that in a few years I would not be so soft and I would understand what has to be done. I just feel for the little guys. I have horses and definately don't want to lose them, but I also can't be hurtful. My husband however has a friend that will deal with it and they just won't tell me. I hope to be a stronger farmer (emotionally) one day.
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I clearly says in the bible that God put mankind as rulers over the rest of the animal kingdom. In nature life is not truly fair, and there is this natural pecking order that once upset, becomes a real problem. As more and more "free spirited" people on this planet keep pushing the animal rights ideas, we are doomed.
In the sheep industry coyotes get all the press but it is the domestic dogs that statistically make up the biggest menace and killer of sheep. Because they are penned up all day and not allowed to do what dogs instinctively do...hunt...when loose they revert back to their instincts and chase and kill sheep. Maybe not via a tooth to the throat, but by heart attacks. Its a huge issue.
Yet where I live the only dogs that get near my sheep are hunting dogs. Because these dogs are allowed to hunt rabbit, bear, coyote and raccoon, they are not a problem. In fact they don't even mess with the sheep...they are content in their lifestyle, though animal right activists think they live in deplorable conditions. Hardly!
To appropriately take of animals, there are some tough things that need to be done. Until our pets and animals live longer then we do, slaughter and end of life euthanasia is just part of having animals. I admit putting my own dog down was the hardest thing I ever done, but it needed to be done and as his owner, it was my moral obligation to do so. Thankfully I read the bible and know that what I do as a farmer is not only okay, but morally right. My hardest job will be to pass this on to my daughter so she understands the cycle of life.
Eat lamb...because 50,000 coyotes CAN'T be wrong!
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| this is the issue with some new farm folks. The fact is that this is the end to the means and everyone and everything will die.
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