Killing animals for fur...
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What animals or animal parts have you composted?
Comments (18)There is one other place I know of you are likely to read about composting animals. The humanure handbook website forum. It wasn't till I started humanure composting that I learned how to get a really good hot compost pile that would easily handle rotting carcass and control smell and other animals digging it up. So what have we composted. I really can't even count the bones and scraps of animals we have eaten since we always compost all food scraps that don't go to the chickens or worm bins. It is a firm rule here to avoid putting anything stinky in the trash can. So, animal bodies in our compost bin lately. 3 sick chickens we didn't want to make the rest of the flock sick. Any dead squirrels we find around the house. 12 rats we caugh And all fish parts that the chickens don't get, I've found that burying fish parts causes critters to dig up the yard or whatever plant I put over it so composting seems to be the best way for use to take care of it. I agree that this is an advanced composting thread. No one who is not confident of their ability to manage a hot compost pile should be putting dead bodies in it....See MoreLet the fur fly...
Comments (22)Merchants say fur protests backfired Downtown stores reporting better sales after animal rights activists began picketing Friday, December 31, 2004 By CAROL BENFELL THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Picketing by anti-fur protesters actually helped boost holiday sales at two fur-selling Guerneville shops and may have had a spillover effect on other stores as well. Mikki Herman, owner of Kings & Queens Vintage Clothing on Main Street, said her 30- to 70-year-old furs flew off the shelves after newspaper and TV news stories about protests appeared. "It's so amazing," Herman said. "A lot of people came in to support me and shop in Guerneville. Some people who were buying a fur said they never thought to buy a fur, but they felt a compulsion to make a statement." Jennifer Neeley, owner of Memories That Linger, said shoppers stayed away the first weekend of protests, but returned as the protests continued, keeping sales high. "I had a bunny farmer come in and spend $300 on Christmas ornaments," Neeley said. "You couldn't buy publicity like this." Wayne Skala, who has a store about midway between Memories That Linger and Kings & Queens, said his sales had shot up as well. "I had a definite kick-up," said Skala, owner of Wayne Skala's Jewelry, Gifts & Antiques. "It's wonderful." A spokeswoman for Sonoma People for Animal Rights discounted the sales success, saying it did not represent a backlash, but was simply a short-lived show of support by owners' friends and pro-fur people. The balance will shift when tourists arrive, said Alex Bury, who organized the protest. "Our tourist base is very progressive. They won't want to see furs or fur protests." The animal rights group has temporarily suspended its protests, partly because of rainy weather and partly to mobilize the large number of people who have called and offered to help, Bury said. The group expects to gear up its efforts at Kings & Queens significantly after the first of the year, she said. "We're getting tons of e-mails and phone calls from people who want to get involved," Bury said. "What the last few weeks of protest have shown me is that most locals are against fur. We're going to represent them and animals suffering in traps and continue to ask for fur to be removed." Animal rights activists had called on the Russian River Chamber of Commerce to mediate with store owners with an eye toward ending fur sales. But the chamber decided at a meeting this week not to get involved, said Ernie Carpenter, the acting executive director. The chamber is not set up to mediate disputes, and there seems little middle ground between the two sides, Carpenter said. "The chamber doesn't feel there is anything to mediate." Sonoma People for Animal Rights began picketing Dec. 4, the day Kings & Queens opened with three mannequins clad in faux fur in the window display. Shortly afterward, the protest expanded to Memories That Linger, a clothing and gift store selling rabbit fur scarves and fur-trimmed items. In recent weeks, counter protesters have shown up at the protests carrying their own signs and supporting merchants' and consumers' rights to buy and sell what they choose. Sonoma People for Animal Rights has called off its protests at Memories that Linger, because Neeley has sold all her fur-trimmed garments and there is no longer fur at the shop, Bury said. "When the furs disappear, we disappear," Bury said. Neeley said she hasn't decided whether to carry fur scarves and fur-trimmed garments again next year. But it won't hinge on the appearance of protesters. "It depends on if people want them next year," Neeley said. "Fur is in fashion this year. If you go to the mall you can hardly go into a store that doesn't carry fur."...See MoreKilling Animals
Comments (7)Pets loose are seldom being "waiting anxiously for them to return home." in my neck of the woods. Most times taking them home would get you cussed out at three in the morning. Or even 10PM. Back when I was in high school, I worked part time(weekends during school and summer full time) for a local vet/hospital. One rainy Sunday morning, I was on my way to church on my motorcycle, with my brother as a passenger. Slick streets so I was being careful. Saw a daschund sitting on the curb about a block ahead. Told my brother to hang on since I firured the dog would wait til the last minute and dart across the street----as I has seen it do many times before(same way I went to work) I slowed down, and sure as shooting---as I got to the dog---ZIP! across he went. I had teo choices---wreck or hit the dog. And the possibility if I hit the dog I wrecked anyway. I was trying to be ready for anything---but it happened so fast I hit the dog. So, I stop, go back to the dog, which was up and limping---one back leg obviously broken. No question---my brother cradles the dog, I check the collar and find a tag from a neighboring clinic. I knew the cages were cleaned there at the time ---so off we go. Knocked on the door, got the cleaner to let us in and we called the vet. Tried to call the church to tell our parents what had happened(this was back when dial phones were the only ones in use. Church had already started, no one in the office. Vet comes in, says he won't work on the dog without owners permission, looks up tag number---that number was registered to a German Shepherd. Owners never had a daschund in their life. I went back to the place and knocked on three doors---never found the owner. Got into trouble because my parents were worried sick----never found the dogs owner, and got our Sunday suits dirty(requiring dry cleaning) When my dogs get out/loose, I go look. I do NOT sit and wait anxiously. I will accost strangers to ask if they saw the dog. I care. Have tried several times to take a loose dog 'home'. Can remember only a couple timnes I got that accomplished---and one time the owner not only did not thank me, they set the dog down and it ran off again. About five years ago, I never saw the MinPin in the grass before it ran out in front of my truck(at 55 mph). The sound still haunts me. I stopped, backed up and gently put the body in my truck and went looking for the owner. Tag had an address and the dog had a coat on---should have been easy---right? Not so----never found anyone claiming the dog. And got in trouble since I was supposed to be straight home from work so the wife could use the truck(no cell phone)...See MoreDead animal smell but no animal
Comments (14)@Greatlakesmower, you are a genius! We had exactly the same problem, and it went on for years - a bad smell in a closet, that would come and go. There would be nothing for months or even a year and then, bam, dead animal smell again. I was up in the attic over the closet several times, and nothing. It happened again today and my wife thought to Google it and found your post. We realized that the smell isn't really dead animal (though it's close) - it's actually drywall patch compound that's getting heated up by the bulb! That stuff has a mild smell at room temperature, but it turns out when it gets hot, it's disgusting. We had a 100 watt incandescent bulb in the closet light fixture and swapped it out for a CFL. We're waiting for the smell to dissipate now, but we think our problem is solved, thank you!!!...See Moresheltiemom
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