Re: Be a bit realistic

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Posted by Logic in Action on May 24, 2000 at 19:14:01:

In Reply to: Re: Be a bit realistic posted by Coralee on May 24, 2000 at 17:17:39:

Thanks for your response. I was expecting some truly rude words. Thanks for the shock.

No, the Tortoises don't swoop. They creep in, en mass and devour the sweet young crops.

I don't believe they shoud be slaughtered because there are millions of them. In the future, there won't be millions of them. I have no sympathy for the farmers but was trying to show the correlation between price and availability.

They could be raised for much less than they sell for in the US, but, their is not enough profit in it for people to do so. So, the question then becomes...at what point is it profitable enough to raise them, instead of importing them?

In Europe, it is highly profitable and so the animals are raised in numbers. Importation stopped and prices jumped. The animals that were no longer exported are now mink food.

Is it better to have them here, in the US, where they can be raised...or ground up for protein for someones nice new mink coat?

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: Thanks for your response. I was expecting some truly rude words. Thanks for the shock. : No, the Tortoises don't swoop. They creep in, en mass and devour the sweet young crops. : I don't believe they shoud be slaughtered because there are millions of them. In the future, there won't be millions of them. I have no sympathy for the farmers but was trying to show the correlation between price and availability. : They could be raised for much less than they sell for in the US, but, their is not enough profit in it for people to do so. So, the question then becomes...at what point is it profitable enough to raise them, instead of importing them? : In Europe, it is highly profitable and so the animals are raised in numbers. Importation stopped and prices jumped. The animals that were no longer exported are now mink food. : Is it better to have them here, in the US, where they can be raised...or ground up for protein for someones nice new mink coat?

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