HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1992-07-22, Page 23!ei,tecl turtle weather
The A L a Craig Gala •Days were flooded on Saturday after-
noon. Fair -goers took cover and the annual turtle races har' '1
be poste. ned.
A borrowed copy of the Toronto
Humane Society's recent brief, pre-
sented to the Commons sub-
committee on regulauons and com-
petitiveness, came to my attention
the other da\
A number of farm writers have
commented on it. They haus called
n a slick, smooth piece of writing. 1
agree
A couple of years ago. the Toron-
to Humane Society was virtually
taken over by animal rights fanat-
ics,- something that has happened to
a number of societies across North
America. The Toronto group's brief
suggests, after a long preamble,
that Canadian agriculture should
follow the lead set by Sweden
where laws have been passed to
"liberate" cattle, pigs and chickens
from the restrictions of "factory"
farming methods. b', Denmark
which has passed legisianon for •
minimum living space require-
ments for chickens and by Britain
which has banned the use of v
crates.
The preamble tees to Justify tak-
ing the same acuon in Canada so
that Canada will be subject to the
same legislation as other countries
and Canadian fanners will not have
an "unfair advantage in world mar-
kets.
No one in his or her right mind
wants to see animals abused.
Ninety -rune and forty-four one
hundredths percent of the farmers
in this country would be the last to
abuse anunals. Healthy, productive
farm animals make farmers happy.
They do not abuse anunals. Only a
fraction of one percent would be
,anyttnng-else but kind to their, ani-
mals.
If we are to listen to the animal
rights fanatics: we are. forced to be-
lieve that animals should be treated
exactly the same as human beings:
that they have every nght to be
loved and even pampered because
they are next door l0 being saints.
This Bambi-Peter-Rabbit syn-
drome. It seems to me,.can get car-
ried loo far. I love animals. We
have always had them around our
home. We raised and trained horses
for years. We bad all kinds of dogs
and any number of cats. We had pet
chickens m the family room, turtles
in the bedroom and fish in the liv-
mgtoom.
The first brood marc we ever
bought was 28 when she .die4 and
our favorite dog, a mongrel .wc
called Jake, lived until he was al-
most 20.
But annals are not stunts. They
fight, sometimes to the death, for
territory or food. Soma atlunals kill
for sport, mate unwilling females
(we Ceti it ape), kill their young,
sometimes even eat their young and
some groups of animals banish the
weak, the infirm and the old to cer-
tain death
I know. I know. Some humans do
the name things but we have laws to i
deal with then. This is not so in the
animal kingdom. They kill with no
regard for the pain of their victims.
There is a scene in one of these ter-
rible videos on animals where lions
aro shown feeding on buffalo while
the buffalo is obviously stiU.alivc.
I respect animals as do my farm-
ing friends. I even love most am
mals but this admiration stops short
of worship. 1 suspect that. when giv -
en the opportunity, most animals
would indulge in alcohol and drugs
to the point of death, as we do.
My daughter has a horse farm.
One horse was boarding there and
kicked a cast iron gate down, kicked
a barrel of horse feed until the plas-
tic split and the contents spilled.
that horse ate and ate and virtually
ate itself to death.
To suggest that animals should be
treated the same as humans is utter
nonsense. Ever try to kiss a wolve-
nne?
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Times-AdvqC8te, July 22. 1992
Page 23
Zurich man wants to
be Liberal candidate
ZURICH - With the next fed-
eral election only months away,
likely next spring, but possibly
as early as this fall, fbrmer Stan-
ley Township reeve Paul' Steckle
is hoping his name will appear
on the ballot as the Liberal can-
didate.
Steckle, a Zurich area farmer
and besinessman is the first can-
didate to announce he is seeking
the nomination for the Huron
Bruce riding. Other. candidates,
he is sure, will also be in the
running.
"I would be quite surprised if
other candidates don't cone for-
ward," Steckle told the Times
Advocate Thursday.
Monday afternoon Margat'et
Mclnroy, a self-employed hair-
dresser from Walton told the
T -A she too would be seeking
nomination.
Ken Dunlop who contested the
last federal election in 1988 as
the Liberal candidate defeated
by incumbent Conservative
Murray Canliff, has been said to
not be interested in running
again this time round.
Steckle said he is certain Jean
Chretien, who is scheduled to
visit the northern reaches of Hu-
ron County on August 18, will
be the country's next prime min-
ister.
"I know we can win. I simply
have to have the will to do it,"
said Steckle, who describes him-
self as having been a Liberal all
his lite.
Canada, he said needs unity
and cannot prosper in a frag-
mented state. He also suggests
Paul Steckle
nation
seeks nom
that the country is overgovetned
and "we need to learn to do
more things for ourselves".
Steckle also said 'the national
economy needs improving to the
point where job security can
once again become an accepted
thing.
Steckle, when guessing as to
when Prime Minister Brian Mul-
roney will call the election,
hopes that the leader will use a
constitutional resolution as a
"springboard to retirement", so
that "we don't go into this elec-
tion with the negativity of the
last one".
The Huron Bruce Liberal rid-
ing association has yet to an--
flounce
n-flounce. a nomination meeting
for potential candidates, al-
though Mclnroy said she was
told it will likely be held before
the end of the year.
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