So, as some of you know, I publish a newspaper for a living.
Last week, I came out of the closet in regard to my snake and spider hobby.
I thought some of y'all might get a kick out of reading it. :)
http://thebadger.ca/2011/01/03/great-legs-are-sometimes-hairy/
Weird!
I'm calling today to find out what the deal is.
Also, the CFIA is angry at me. Again.
For Christmas next year, I will have someone make dartboards with my face on it. I'll sell them to all the people I have pissed off in the previous year of publishing a newspaper and $10 says the...
Then why the info on the government site?
I will call them just for sport on Monday - seeing as I am in Winnipeg anyway and all. :)
(I am not doubting you, only curious about what the government has to say.)
Says here there is though: http://web2.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/programs/index.php?name=aaa04s02
and the livestock brand inspecting manager in Sask. told me they have developed a program now.
I will call them and find out.
Thanks Kato :)
I'm coming home to Manitoba in a few days for Christmas! Not looking forward to the Winnipeg weather... please do what you can and make it warm for me!
I have no idea really, I never even thought about that aspect.
I just can't imagine the risk one would take in stealing cattle - or anything else I guess. But in this business, there is such a code of conduct and ethics and the humiliation would be unbearable, I imagine.
I guess desperation can drive folks to do weird things... but wow.
I know the two are so different, it shouldn't even be a debate. But it is.
Some in Canada are making the case that with the CCIA (Canadian Cattle Identification Agency) RFID tags, branding will no longer have a place in the industry.
A rancher who had two pair of pure breds rustled would beg to...
I've been struck at a few times while photographing them, but I'm pretty good at knowing how far back I need to be and I like to keep about a foot of extra space between the end of their strike range and myself. :)
I haven't taken the dog out with me yet when looking for snakes, but I plan to...
Thanks Kato :)
His mother was pure bred chocolate lab and they were fixin' to breed her and had a stud picked out.
A husky mix got into the yard before the mating and voila – my Halo was born.
I have had so, so many people ask if he has wolf in him that was just curious if it was seen in this...
I know partially what he is, but there's at least one other breed mixed in, perhaps more. He's a dog from up north from here... so the breed is likely to be hardy and cold-tolerant.