Please take the time to learn more about the real HSUS. Here is a link to a great website that serves as a watchdog for this organization: Humane Watch
Support your local animal shelters with DIRECT contributions; less than ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT of donations given to HSUS makes it to these shelters. I want to thank those of you who support farm families with your choices at the supermarket, farmers' market, or local grocery stores. If you choose not to eat meat, I also respect your choice. That is what American is all about: the right to choose.
And now to my sad news.....We lost a young farmer yesterday. From what I am hearing, he was on his way to bale hay and crossed a railroad track I am sure he had crossed many many times before. Matt didn't make it across the tracks yesterday afternoon. To all my farming friends, please NEVER take a train track for granted. This is the second time I have known of a farmer losing his/her life in such an accident. The first time it was a farmer's wife, mother to a girl a year older than me in school plus four other kids. She was pulling a grain wagon and crossed the track by her home. she never saw the train. As we approach harvest, it is good to remind our loved ones out there to be alert and always careful. Our community now has a very vivid idea of just how deadly one mistake can be. Our prayers are with Matt's family as they deal with his tragic loss. As one of my favorite shows, Hill Street Blues, used to send it's officers out to work, "Let's be careful out there!"
So sorry to hear about the train track accident. We had a similar accident involving a farmer on a tractor in NW Wisconsin just a couple months ago.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your informative post. Every organization needs a 'watchdog' organization to hold it accountable. Too many things slip under the radar while the public is directed to look in the direction of altruism.
Hi Lana! Thanks for following my blog and thanks for the link! Very helpful info. I'm your newest follower.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear about the train track accident. We had a big one last year where two trains collided. It was devastating.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I do hope you're all having a wonderful Friday. Thank you for visiting my blog. I'm following you :).
Thanks for linking up with me Lana! And for giving me food for thought so often. I'm beginning to wonder where all these great women bloggers for agriculture came from! Sure is fun to find!
ReplyDeleteOh, how sad. One of our farmer friends was going to chore his hogs last year, the sun was glaring on the lights (no arm) and he hit the train head on. Broke his neck just like Christopher Reeve, but crawled out and called 911, and miraculously made a full recovery! But it was SCARY. I'm so glad his story didn't end the way yours did.
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