Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Green Party would propose a ban live animal exports from Canada

Just wanted to point out the Green Party's answer to and animal welfare survey sent to each party by the World Society for the Protection of Animals.

What amendments to the regulations would your party propose?
Specifically, we would implement legislation that incorporates the following measures:
- Transport by road of animals destined for slaughter or further fattening to be limited to 8 hours or 500 km.
- The use of electric prods; clubs and other inappropriate weapons should be banned.
- A ban on live animal exports from Canada.

Taken from http://www.wspa.ca/voteforanimals/green.html
To date, all parties with the exception of the Conservatives have responded to the survey.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Attention aspiring cow artists

If you are an aspiring artist and need a venue to sell your work, have a look at CowArtandMore.com. Gallery owner Kathy Swift (a veterinarian and creator of jewelry sold on the site) says the website is where "art and agriculture meet".  The site offers paintings, graphics, glass, ceramics, photography and more and ships world-wide. Looks like there's room for more beef related treasures!

"Cow" art is one of those things that is always handy to have on hand for international guests, wedding presents and for that hard-to-buy-for someone in your life. Maybe a category for art should be started on the Everything Angus Market??? If you have an available Angus-related inventory, contact us and we'd be glad to give you a free promo or two. The next Ross Butler or Frank Murphy may be out there just waiting to be discovered . . .

Friday, April 1, 2011

Enough snow already!

Spring storms with blowing snow which are predicted across parts of the prairies will not be welcome this busy sale weekend. Reports say there is already more snow in parts of Saskatchewan than has been seen in over 50 years. Here's hoping the storm watch fades and everyone has safe travels and great sales.
This photo is from Connie Delorme at Robsart, SK (70 km south of Maple Creek) a few days ago. When the big melt comes, get out your hip waders!

You can see the stop sign, but where's the road?