The foreman, age 10 ...in Elko, Nevada...the foreman tells me that the above is called a "scatter rake" and the purpose is to pick up any loose hay left by the rest of the hay crew. The foreman remembers getting paid $45.00 by his Uncle Roy after working for two weeks...and he was so excited - he couldn't believe it!
In other news, poor Bravo's trip to the vet for a routine dental cleaning turned out to be an ordeal with six extractions! Poor old pup! He was pretty out of it the first day or two but now is back to normal. How do I know this? Because he is back to eating everything and anything - including finding a dead & dehydrated lizard that I had to pry out of his freshly cleaned mouth!
CONGRATULATIONS to my sister and nephew for climbing Mt. Whitney in record time! Photos towards the end of this post!
SO grateful to learn that there is a huge crowd of animal welfare people out there on Facebook (now that I am finally ON Facebook!). The Day of Action/Boycotting Whole Foods is progressing along and I'm looking forward to meeting some other passionate rabbit people at my house in another week - we'll be making signs and discussing strategy for the big day! New updates on link below (copy & paste):
http://rabbit.org/day-of-action-focused-on-whole-foods-august-17/
Summer of '69 - the foreman working in Elko, Nevada!
The foreman - animal lover!
I've turned my desk room (fireplace room, whatever...) into "Bunny Campaign Headquarters" so I can spread out all the materials.
Poster selection is growing, thanks to all the wonderful rabbit advocates of House Rabbit Society, SaveABunny and others!
Plus personal posters.
From Wikipedia:
Criticism and controversy[edit]
In May 2014 Whole Foods launched a pilot program to sell rabbit meat [93] in 5 of its 12 market regions. Because domestic rabbits are the third most common United States companion mammal, owned as pets by millions of Americans [94] as well as an animal rescued and sheltered alongside cats and dogs, this decision triggered a nationwide boycott of Whole Foods by the House Rabbit Society and their supporters. [95] In June of 2014 Whole Foods awarded a financial grant to Oz Family Farms, [96] a family owned rabbit meat business. This caused opponents of rabbit meat sales to suggest that Whole Foods is artificially creating the market for rabbit meat. [97] A letter of protest was written and presented to Whole Foods Market by SaveABunny representing over 70 animal rescue organizations and businesses. [98] A petition against the sale of rabbit meat was started [99]and national protests at Whole Foods locations across the United States began in July 2014. [100]
Orange clouds!
OMG, little Sparky finally got spayed! Wishing her a speedy recovery with the dreaded cone!
