For as long as there have been cattle, people have been stealing them. But the problem is getting worse
For as long as there have been cattle, people have been stealing them. But the problem is getting worse
An Alberta farmer recently lost $175,000 worth of purebred cows, calves and bulls
(Terry Reith / CBC News)
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Maybe don't let $175,000 worth of product out of your sight?
I'm kind of against putting tracking chips in anything I might eat
I'm against eating things that have the capacity to love me.
It's not like you're going to eat all portions of the cow. Require that any chips be parked in the ear or something, where they won't become a burger additive.
Then the thieves are just going to cut off all the cows' ears!
In which case, earless cows can just be presumed stolen wherever found, and confiscated. (Yeah, I know: "What if someone has a legit earless cow?" Then it should have a legit record at the vet's office explaining why it doesn't have an ear. And more than one or two of those on a given farm is pretty damned suspicious, barring an infestation of Martian Cow-Ear-Eating Bugs.)
Or we could just tattoo them on something that's not likely to get cut off without killing the cow. (They used to brand them for just this purpose, but that's cruel.)
At that point why not just embed the gps tags in the ear tags that we already put on cows? Or why can't we just spray paint their butts like sheep? (Which I'm saying as a person that really knows nothing about this but if it works for the sheep...)
Mmm hot dogs. Pink ooze mmm.
They’re individuals not products.