<div>B. wrote:</div> <div> </div> <div>If we thought of cows or pigs the<BR>way we do cats and dogs -- that is, privileged/more<BR>humanized than other animals -- they'd be safe from<BR>the slaughterhouse-manufucatory as well, just like<BR>horses now are in the US. Horses are movin' on up!</div> <div>*************************************</div> <div> </div> <div>As far as I know, kangaroo meat and Vegemite have been banned for import</div> <div>into the USA. In COLLAPSE, Jared Diamond made the case that </div> <div>kangaroo is actually a more sustainable form of animal husbandry for the </div> <div>Australian environment than sheep or cattle.</div> <div> </div> <div>I just bought some kangaroo meat at the local supermarket for my wife to eat--bush tucker. Very good,</div> <div>so she says and healthy too. Anthony Mundine trains on bush tucker. </div> <div>Me, I'm a vegetarian. Have been for
years now. Give me a Coopers Sparkling Ale for lunch and</div> <div>chilies for dinner. Fortunately, there is lots of both in Oz.</div> <div> </div> <div>As far as animal husbandry goes, I think there's a big global warming issue involved with</div> <div>methane and deforestation, which seem to be necessary bi-products of cattle and sheep </div> <div>ranching, especially as there are now six billion humans on the planet--in itself unsustainable, IMO. </div> <div>Go planned parenthood! </div> <div> </div> <div>Oh yeah, on global warming...the Howard government has just started taking this seriously. </div> <div>Well, since Aussie farmers/sheep and cattle ranchers are committing suicide in droves over the longest drought in a century. Of course, they'll push all the wrong solutions to the problem e.g. nuclear power; using "market forces" to make the necessary changes in agricultural and
energy policies.</div> <div> </div> <div>Regards,</div> <div>Mike B)</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><BR><BR> </div><BR><BR>Watch the communist manifestoon!<br>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1oGIffyVVk<p> 
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