Re: [AlpacaTalk] Sent to Alpaca site...held, not posted by site...
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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