Posted by Illuci (Hurdegaryp, Netherlands) on 26 September 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
What do you feel when you see this...
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I'M ON HOLIDAYS UNTIL 9TH OF AUGUST, I POSTED SOME IMAGES IN ADVANCE UNTIL 31TH OF JULY. HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON AND HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY!
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What an expression!
26 Sep 2007 12:42am
@Miso: Thanks, Miso!
Lovely image! and indeed a superb expression! BEautiful capture!
26 Sep 2007 1:33am
@Sriram: Thanks, Sriram! The ear tags are obliged by the European Community and intended to trace back diseases. This young cow will spend her life as milk cow. I regret the use of ear tags but the mass consumption of dairy and meat urge us to use them, alas!
When I see this I feel, sad, that he may be bound for market and the butchers tray! A beautiful thought provoking capture Erik.
26 Sep 2007 5:32am
@MaryB: She will be for the butcher after a good life as a milk cow. I also regrety the ear tags, they are obliged by the European Community and intended to trace back diseases. The mass consumption of dairy and meat urge us to use them, alas!
Very sad expression, I remember times when cows had names, no numbers!
26 Sep 2007 6:14am
@Wolfgang Prigge: Thanks Wolfgang, glad you returned again, I hope you enjoyed your European trip and will post a picture or so. Formerly we had "cattle drawers" who made drawings of every individual cow with her dark and light pattern so that she could be identified. Now we have these tags. The ear tags are obliged by the European Community and intended to trace back diseases. This young cow will spend her life as milk cow. I regret the use of ear tags but the mass consumption of dairy and meat urge us to use them, alas!
I feel so sad for the cow!!
26 Sep 2007 7:23am
@rainsocks: Thanks Rainsocks! (BTW I cycled today through a heavy rain shower with my rainsuit put on, only my ankles were unprotected, so I remember this when I read your name :-)). The ear tags are obliged by the European Community and intended to trace back diseases. This young cow will spend her life as milk cow. I regret the use of ear tags but the mass consumption of dairy and meat urge us to use them, alas!
holy Cow!
26 Sep 2007 8:05am
@Shutterbug: Thanks you, Shutterbug! We see cows as cattle, not as holy creatures, although we respect if other people see them as holy. After all it's better to consider cows as holy, than cars, like we do, these vehicles threaten the world climate and cost many deads and wounded in traffic.
That its a reflection on our society. With this poor cows plastic fashion earrings.
26 Sep 2007 8:49am
@Rabbit: Rabbit I agree. See my responses to the other comments.
Got to love cows! This picture is a little sad though because of the ear tags, I guess it's kinda like earings for us? She does have a look of trust it seems like. Like a puppy almost.
26 Sep 2007 12:12pm
@sandrine: It's an adolescent cow, her horns are starting to grow and will be removed soon (I don't know why). The tags are more or less like the brands the cowboys marked their cattle with. The ear tags are obliged by the European Community and intended to trace back diseases. This young cow will spend her life as milk cow. I regret the use of ear tags but the mass consumption of dairy and meat urge us to use them, alas!
Ik kan geen woorden vinden...
26 Sep 2007 2:42pm
oh no!…oh dear….. she looks very mournful indeed….and with good reason too… :(
26 Sep 2007 5:16pm
Hi Erik, if you want to see pictures from my trip you will have to go to my personal site as granby.aminus3 is strictly limited to pictures of our town Granby. The first 5 albums on my album page are f my recent trip, but they are mostly of friends and family.
26 Sep 2007 8:06pm
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