[AlpacaTalk] Re: Sent to Alpaca site...held, not posted by site...
I agree, when I had to put a cria down last year I actually felt
horribly guilty that I WASN'T taking his skin--it felt like I was
wasting what little he had left to offer to the world :( But I'm a
vegetarian, and even when I wasn't, I gagged at just skinning
supermarket chicken breast, and though my bf has no problem skinning
things, he loved the little guy too and was hesitant, plus we
couldn't find anyone to tan it anyway...And I was crying too hard to
even shear him... What a sap...
I've gotten slightly more practiucal since. We had to shoot a bobcat
that was IN MY BARN!!! the other night. My bf and a friend did skin
that and now it's (ugh!) in my freezer until we find a tannery.
Still, the emotional connection isn't there...
Peace,
Morgen
Dreamwood Farm
Claverack, NY
--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
wrote:
>
> Hi Allison,
> I can't and won't disagree with anything you've said here, except
that
> I read with my own eyes, a post on another group in which Ian
himself
> admitted to pushing for an alpaca meat market in Australia, and
feel
> sit is appropriate for the northern hemisphere as well.
>
> We do have one cria pelt. And while I feel technically confident to
> skin an animal, when it came down to skinning one of my own who
died, I
> couldn't do it. /and since I couldn't bear to drive a skinned
carcass
> to OSU for necropsy, he went with his skin on. Others we've lost,
we've
> elected to bury, skin on. A yearling we sheared and left to be
reduced
> to bones for our chiropractor friend who works on our alpacas. It's
a
> tough decision though, because it really is nice stuff and I don[t
feel
> it disrespects them in the least.
>
> Heather
>
>
> On Nov 13, 2008, at 5:53 PM, Allison Moss-Fritch wrote:
>
> > Hi Heather,
> >
> > Actually, when I have talked with Ian, he is in favor of people
> > realizing
> > that, at some time in the future, there will come a time when
keeping
> > your
> > lost cria's hide won't make you into an outcast. And, knowing
how
> > lovely
> > some of those sadly lost crias coat's have been, I do see what
he's
> > saying.
> > I would not make it into a part of my income.but I might keep
a "cria
> > coat"
> > a lost friend won't be using.to remind me of my lost friend!
> >
> > Alpaca meat..the crias and their fleeces would be appropriate
for
> > meat..from
> > a meat industry point of view..but since they are much MORE
valuable
> > as
> > fiber animals with the ultra fine cria and tui fleeces...the
meat
> > market
> > would make for an income loss for a farmer.not gain. In other
> > words..these
> > young , more edible animals are much more valuable alive than on
a
> > BBQ.
> >
> > Turning older animals into meat..would flood only the salami
> > market..it is
> > sexed meat.too rank for human consumption. Some animals, in some
> > places .a
> > very few, do end up as dog's meat. But since that must compete
with
> > the
> > cheaper to buy and slaughter horse older cow market..we are too
> > expensive
> > and can't compete..we won't be popular with the slaughter
> > houses..we're too
> > expensive. So it is not a market reality..just something used to
stir
> > up
> > the electorate.
> >
> > So we are much wiser just not to take the bait. Anyway...a
careful
> > reading
> > of the "certified Angus Beef" comment...shows it was in favor of
> > creating a
> > recognizable brand for American Alpaca Fiber products.not for
BBQ'd
> > alpaca!
> >
> > Allison
>
>
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>
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