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Cows cooped up for the winter are being fitted with virtual reality goggles — so they think they are outside in a summer field.

And the bamboozled bovines appear to be happier and producing more milk.

Weirdness works overtime.

 

Cow On Waterslide...

Cow escaped from a cattle ranch, wandered next door to a resort, climbed the stairs of the waterslide and then made its way down the flume. The cow had been destined for the slaughterhouse but after this, the owner of the ranch has decided to spare the animal and make it a pet. They even named him. His name is Tobogã . . . the Portuguese word for "Slide."

 

https://wjrr.iheart.com/featured/lynch-and-taco/content/2021-11-12-oh-look-theres-a-cow-on-the-waterslide/

The animal probably is used to going through chutes, as they're used pretty frequently in cattle operations.

 

Moo, Moo, Buckaroo

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Like other ranchers across the country, Rusty Kemp for years grumbled about rock-bottom prices paid for the cattle he raised in central Nebraska, even as the cost of beef at grocery stores kept climbing.

It led Kemp to launch an audacious plan: Raise more than $300 million from ranchers to build a plant themselves, putting their future in their own hands.

“We’ve been complaining about it for 30 years,” Kemp said. “It’s probably time somebody does something about it.”

Crews will start work this fall building the Sustainable Beef plant on nearly 400 acres near North Platte, Nebraska, and other groups are making similar surprising moves in Iowa, Idaho and Wisconsin. The enterprises will test whether it’s really possible to compete financially against an industry trend that has swept through American agriculture and that played a role in meat shortages during the coronavirus pandemic.

I hope they can make it work; we need something other than Tyson and the other three companies that currently control some 80% of our country's beef supplies.

 

McDonalds Has Pulled Milkshakes From The Menu

Over 1000 outlets are affected, and the reason is down to supply-chain disruptions resulting from a dearth of truck drivers. Last thing I'd ever have thought; mikshakes are usually associated with cows rather than truckers.

 

He Didn't Exactly Drown In A Sea Of Love

LA SALLE, Colo. — Juan Panzo Temoxtle, 44, died after a manure vacuum truck he was operating sunk into a manure pit at the Shelton Dairy on March 31.

He was in the cab when it went nose-first into the soup.

 

Doesn't Salt Help To Tenderize Meat?

Rescuers in Japan were searching on Thursday for a ship carrying 43 crew and nearly 6,000 cattle that was feared sunk after it sent a distress signal during stormy weather in the East China Sea.

Thus far, they've managed to rescue one crew member.

The Gulf Livestock 1 is seen at Fremantle Harbour in Western Australia on November 13, 2019.

New Zealand animal rights organisation, Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE), said the tragedy demonstrated the risks of the live animal export trade. "These cows should never have been at sea," said the campaigns manager, Marianne Macdonald. "This is a real crisis, and our thoughts are with the families of the 43 crew who are missing with the ship. But questions remain, including why this trade is allowed to continue."

Um...probably because people like cheeseburgers and steaks; after all, our ancestors were primarily hunters.

Yes, that's hard for some folks today to wrap their heads around - but it's historically accurate.

 

So Much For Herd Immunity

A man has died after being attacked by a herd of cows while walking in the Yorkshire Dales, police have said. The man, 82, from Foulridge, Pendle, was out walking with his wife at Ivescar, Ingleton on Saturday at around 13:45 BST.

Guess they figured he was a steak-holder.

 

What A Load

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. —

A suspected DUI driver spent the latter half of his Memorial Day weekend in a stinky situation after crashing into a liquid manure storage pond in Sacramento County, officials said Monday.

Reportedly, he spent two hours in the manure pond prior to being extricated and arrested. Not that he really gave a crap.

 

Cowboys Of...Florida?

It's a long read, but well worth the time.

 

Bugs Again

Drug-resistant "superbugs" infect 2.8 million people and cause more than 35,000 deaths each year, underscoring the enormous public health threat of germs in what one official describes as a "post-antibiotic era," according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.

It was a good run while it lasted. Maybe it's a bit late in the game, but it might be a good idea to quit spiking animal feed with antibiotics.