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Gayatri Parameswaran, the author of “Bucking the Trend,” implies that rodeos are cruel, abusive, and stuck up towards the animals. First emphasized in the article is that rodeos/contestants are cruel towards the animals. “A cowboy mounted his horse. Right next to him was a small caged enclosure. As soon as the gate to the cage was opened, a timid looking calf came sprinting out. The cowboy riding his horse followed the running calf and lassoed it. In a second, the calf came crashing down to the…

My husband Kelvin’s grandparents lived through the Great Depression. Both his mother and father’s parents lived in the parkland area in the northern part of Saskatchewan. Between his father’s parents and his mother’s parents experience a different living situation in the north. Kevin’s grandfather, William Jr. on his mother’s side was already working and living on the homestead that his father had already established in the 1920s. This homestead was also the Little Buffalo Post Office. William…

The Moose Have you ever seen a moose that has fur so dark that it almost looks dark red or even black? Moose have very dark brown fur. They are known for their big head and huge antlers. The male moose are called bulls and the females are cows. Moose can be 7 feet tall at the shoulders. These animals have a stubby tail and skinny legs. Their legs have a hard time holding up their body weight. Moose are the largest member of the deer family. The biggest bulls can weigh nearly a ton! A…

The Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services on Friday said its closure of the Gonsea Restaurant in Eureka was not a common occurrence and that it only occasionally shuts down facilities. “There are occasional cases where we do find serious violations,” said Amanda Ruddy, Senior Environmental Specialist with DHHS. The restaurant at 2335 Fourth Street in Eureka was shut down after a 10 a.m. inspection in which a health inspector reported finding several violations. The restaurant’s…

-Positive and Negative effects of pickup trucks on horses and cows -Trystan and Colton -Pros and cons of pickup trucks in the environment -PRO’S Pickups are a great thing they allow us to transport livestock on a smaller scale than with a cattle pot. They are also more fuel efficient than a semi. CON’S The bad things about them is that they are a major source of pollution. Also transporting livestock in a trailer elevates their chance of death greatly. -Positive effects of pickup trucks…

What is Vons? Vons is a grocery store chain offering a myriad of products including fresh produce, meat, and seafood. This supermarket chain is a division of Safeway Inc. and is popular in Southern California and Southern Nevada. Shoppers can find prepared deli and bakery foods, packaged snacks and pre-made dishes and many other items. The store was started by Charles Von der Ahe in 1906, and continues to give its customers the best online shopping experience till date. Vons also keep a variety…

Cowspiracy is a documentary that focuses on the environmental issues, which are caused by animal agriculture and mainly cattle. The environment has become one of the central factors when relating it to world politics. These concerns have risen in importance over the years because of what the collective action problem has done to different parts of the world. This film also mentions non-governmental organizations, also known as NGOs, that are trying to change the way that we live in western…

establish whether the farm lies within an NVZ. Statutory Management Requirement 1 (SMR1) states that farmers must not apply more nitrogen fertiliser than the crop needs. When grazing cattle, it is important to consider the residual nitrogen in the soil, and then work out the amount of nitrogen produced by the faeces of the cattle. Taking the combined values of these away from the total nitrogen allowance will give the total amount of nitrogen that can be applied to stay within the law. For…

Growing up on a small farm taught me the lessons for hard work and how to live life with animals. This was a place where it was never quit and there was no break the animals need to be feed and some needed to be worked. I grew up always being on the top of a horse. If there was time to rest it was done riding on a horse. It was quit when on the horses no noise except the wind rustling the grass on the mountain top. I was always told if I wanted it I had to work for it. When I was six years old…

King Farms Safety and Health Policy King Farms, a dairy farm located in Sturgeon, Missouri has hired me, as a safety and health manager to develop a safety and health policy to protect all employees at King Farms and provide a culture of safety. The organization has twenty employees and as a mission to treat each employee as a member of their own family. King Farms wants to send their employees home after each day healthy and without any injuries. The overall goal of this policy is to implement…