Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: Other alpaca discussion groups
Actually, when we started in this business 10 years ago, we were told
by a large breeder that we shouldn't talk about any health problems we
encountered. When we started losing animals to liver flukes, BECAUSE no
one would talk about problems, even the vets had no idea what could be
done to save those that were sick but not yet dead. So maybe the term
"big farm" might have been a generalisation, but it was the large farms
in the Northwest who effectively gagged any plea for help, any
discussion of what do if this or that happens on your farm....
There are a few who get their noses all out of joint when someone
brings up the large farm/small farm issue. Guess what, big farms have a
lot more power in this industry, just as any large company has more
power than a small one. That is the truth and pretending that it is
not, is either naive or in denial. yes, hopefully all the large farms
are now forthright in the truth about the business and animal heath and
care, but that was not always true.
Heather
Heather Zeleny
West Wind Alpacas
Eugene, OR
Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
Home of Avatar's West Wind Scirocco, El Bello's Padré, Pluro grandson
Sienna Illusion, and true black full Bolivian Cosby of Chelsea Farms!
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On Jun 6, 2007, at 2:41 PM, Shouvlins wrote:
> Wow Sheri,
>
> That seems a bit unfair and why would only big farms take this
> approach. Everyone in the breeding business wants to sell alpacas, no
> matter what their size. It seems a bit unfair to claim that only big
> farms deceive folks. Frankly I haven't found that to be true, although
> there has been one farm I know of like that, but I attribute that to
> the individual, not the size of the farm. I know of small breeders who
> cheat too. It ain't a size thing, it's an individual character thing.
>
> Laurel
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