Baby Juliet wrote:
Do you think it's painful?
THAT is discusting. We would never do that....... removing the link due to the fact I don't want kids watching this........and I can't believe they played that on DIRTY JOBS.
I hope they went after those farmers. Cutting isn't right.
Just for reference: I don't like banding much either, but it's much less painful than other methods (that video) and for a shorter time. It's also more sterile and of course cost effective for the farmer.
Anyhow, in a perfectworld it wouldn't be so difficult and it would be free to do it in a veterinary setting. There's no good answer to some of this, but it's like the people with animal rights setting free all the rodeo horses one time ..... they were being mistreated :rollseyes The horses ran out of the facility and onto a highway where they were hit and killed and people were injured and killed from the accidents......
Rodeo horses LOVE what they do. When horses play, they buck and shake their heads and act all mean...... and Dakota and Pokie actually play "cutting" with us... where they are cutting off a calf from the herd...... it's like a working dog. They love to have jobs and if they don't have it, they seek something to replace it (like chewing up your couch) so you need to play frisbee or fetch or something with them if they aren't working.
NOW, it's a touchy subject and I know none of us are wrong on this! Rabbits are definitely NOT to be banded, I agree...... solet's drop this before someone gets angry with someone else, ok? :hug: