JillBielawski
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11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Boulder police: Man ki... · 0 replies · +27 points
13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Local rabbitry produci... · 0 replies · +2 points
13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Local rabbitry produci... · 6 replies · +6 points
The House Rabbit Society estimates it costs at least $30 - $35 per month, on average, to care for one rabbit, yet Springtree Farms Rabbitry only receives $23 for each three-month old slaughtered rabbit "produced." Would it really be economical for Dana Gettel to invest in the proper care of each animal to live well and enjoy his or her life? No, she'd lose a ton of money. Sadly, it's just not possible to treat animals really well AND make a profit.
It is so sad each of these rabbits must suffer and die for a mere $24, for one or two meals. If you were truly interested in less killing and "slow food," why not choose raising a larger animal such as a cow or a pig who could feed far more people than one little 3.5-lb. baby rabbit?
13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Local rabbitry produci... · 9 replies · +8 points
My rabbit Clover performs wild acrobatics and zooms around in joy, snuggles in fleece blankets, makes happy noises, plays with her toys, runs to her litterbox, forages outside, nests with recycled material, receives regular veterinary care and enjoys a varied and locally grown, organic diet and hay ... all things these farmed rabbits are likely deprived of while growing and breeding in little cages in a tractor trailer until being hacked to pieces at three months to become a food trend promoted by our local newspaper. Support local cruelty, indeed.
13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Local rabbitry produci... · 24 replies · +4 points
13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Local rabbitry produci... · 3 replies · +11 points
While I realize that the Food section might not be the ideal place for opinions or investigative reporting, this article utterly neglects the ethics of this controversial practice and rather makes it all sound quite pleasant.
A bunny butcher profiteer is quoted as saying, "I'm excited that someone is doing it (locally) and in a clean, humane way."
Oh really? How about the Camera do a little investigative work and photography and inform its readers about the way these rabbits live and die, and we can decide for ourselves whether it is clean or humane.
The Camera reports that Gettel keeps the rabbits "in good-sized cages" -- how big are these cages? Many people such as pet-stores might say that a 2' x 1' cage is a good-sized cage for a rabbit, but compassionate and informed people know otherwise. “Good-sized cages” is extremely poor reporting. It's difficult to discern the size of the cages in the photo, but rabbits suffer on wire flooring, and life in a cage in a tractor trailer seems grim at best. Clean and humane? Hm.
Some other relevant questions the Camera failed to touch upon:
How does the USDA-certified processor kill the rabbits? Neck breaking? How many rabbits live in this tractor trailer at a time? And even though she raised rabbits, why didn't Gettel eat them for a long time? Was it because she realized they were sentient; that she was attached to them; connected to them; loved them ... until the almighty dollar allowed her to turn away?
A lifelong vegetarian and rabbit guardian, I'm saddened at the myriad ways humans torture and kill rabbits: They are cut, poisoned and tortured in the name of science; gunned down in the name of sport; skinned alive in the name of fashion; abused and neglected as pets; and now butchered here for humans to eat their flesh. While I don’t think that killing and eating a rabbit is any worse or better than killing a cow, pig, chicken, dog, or cat, it’s disturbing to see yet another sentient being promoted as just a meal.
13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Coyote-dog encounters ... · 1 reply · 0 points
13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Coyote-dog encounters ... · 0 replies · +1 points
I was referring to killing coyotes on Boulder open space and parks because that's where the article refers to them.
13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Coyote-dog encounters ... · 0 replies · +1 points
One toddler was killed in California in the 80s in our country's ONLY known fatal coyote attack EVER. It’s a nonissue.
For some perspective, let’s contrast that with dog bites. Valerie Mitchell presents the statistics in an earlier post:
“The most recent official survey, conducted more than a decade ago, determined there were 4.7 million dog bite victims annually in the United States. A more recent study showed that 1,000 Americans per day are treated in emergency rooms as a result of dog bites. In 2010 there were 34 *fatal* dog attacks in the this country. … If you're so concerned about the safety of your (our) children you should start a campaign to eliminate dogs.”
Obviously we’re not in favor of starting a campaign against dogs or any other animal, except perhaps for the biggest problem animal: the gun toting human. Spouting about coyotes attacking people serves only to instigate myths and fearmongering toward a species already victimized by the likes of the gun-happy coyote haters.
13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Coyote-dog encounters ... · 0 replies · +1 points