When it comes to photo ops on the farm the photographer better be on the ready. If a situation is stressful for an animal (like moving pigs) I do not stop and pose or delay the process in any way. If you want to take a picture its going to be an action shot.
Piglets and smaller pigs are best and most humanely handled by carrying them by their back legs up side down. They don't cotton to being held like a puppy...especially if they have received minimal handling in the past.
Want a quiet calm pigs? Handle them this way. Want to wake up the neighborhood with a stressed squealing pig? Bear hug It or carry it like a puppy.
You can tell a poser a mile away by their pictures. If they hesitate or stop during a stressful moment for the animal to take a picture? You're looking at a poser. Someone more concerned about themselves than their animals.
When I work, feel free to take pictures but I will not hesitate, delay, or recreate missed opportunities.
These pictures make me sick. Such a poor example.
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http://journal.goingslowly.com/2013/08/pig-delivery-at-cold-antler-farm
And will someone Please educate her on proper hay feeding techniques. That goat will soon be able to walk right over the gate. What a waste of hay....and impossible to clean.
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If she cared about how her animals were fed she would have bought or made feeders instead of buying that stupid horse cart. Feeding on the ground is like throwing money into a fire. Such a waste.
ReplyDeleteAt $20 a bale in my area no farmer could afford to throw hay on the ground so their animals could crap on it.
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She unwittingly outed herself as a total Poodle in that first pic. In the second pic her pig handling has advanced enough so she's carrying it correctly but too bad she decided to pose for a photo op while it was in transport. Sorry piggy, Jenna's getting her picture now, you'll have to wait...
ReplyDeleteAs for the goat photo, I'm blown away by the fence or what's passing for fence I should say. Now, if you wanna have a shitty fence and you somehow manage to keep your animals in with it-- well, that's your business. However, here we have a bona fide livestock expert who teaches workshops on the subject: wtf? Your average 4-H kid is more qualified.
Hay in her area would be more like $3-$5 depending on quality but yeah, why waste?
Any updates on the illegal pork selling attempt at CAF?
ReplyDeleteOh, dear. Jenna's taken personal offense at Jon Stewart's plans to house rescued farm animals at his new farm.
ReplyDeleteJenna Woginrich They have every right to do whatever they want with their farm and land. But when one person's act of kindness to livestock means people in their community are going hungry, I bristle.
This is America, a country awash in food, a large percentage of which is thrown away. Poor people go hungry because they don't have money to buy food.
This woman's hypocrisy is too much. She's arguing against farm sanctuaries on FB:
ReplyDeleteJenna Woginrich I really am not picking on Jon and Tracey. I'm not asking Sanctuaries to not exist, either. I just personally do not agree with the concept of a Farm Sanctuary. I wouldn't agree with a Sleddog Sanctuary for Iditarod dogs, or a draft horse sanctuary for cart horses. I don't think farm animals need sanctuaries. They need better farms and farmers. Taking an animal out of food production (I assume these places take animals out of the factory farm world? Or from abusive owners?) means taking food off someone's table because it makes the person rescuing the animal feel better about themselves, the animals, and the world. But that doesn't change the fact that the animals are food to other people. That's why I am bummed.
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Uh, hello-- do you not own a lame turkey and two wethered sheep? What are you doing if not providing them sanctuary?
When's the last time you went in a supermarket and found the shelves bare? Never? Me neither.