old mcdonald had a farm...

okay this made me laugh so much... i'm in india and was reading the newspaper... and this long time animal rights activist has written a long column on the rights of cows. you may or may not know... but the slaughter of cows is actually illegal in india, but surprise surprise, it does still go on. so, ms. bovinerights is outraged... how can we allow the illegal slaughter of poor little cowlets to continue??? don't we know what harm this causes?

which is all fine and dandy... until i got to the REASONS she offers for this practice being so bad...

1. each cow provides invaluable farming resource... we'd have to spend so much money on tractors to replace them!

2. each cow generates lots of energy (ummm uh-huh...) which means we'd have to drain more fossil fuels if we got rid of the cows...

3. cows produce so much milk... if we didn't have milk, we'd drink more water, which is a scarce resource!!!

and my personal favourite...

4. if we keep killing cows at this rate... in ten years, INDIA WILL HAVE NO COWS LEFT!!!

oh, it's just priceless... someone has obviously not done their research. because, major newsflash... cows are domestic animals, babe... they breed in captivity... they're actually FARMED whether you like it or not... hardly a species on the brink of extinction.

will someone please think about the poor endangered sheep, that's what i ask!