County Fair and animal cruelty!!!

[Sillystunt]

wow, that's troubling~ Sorry you had to experience that!

 

[FrizzleFreak]

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Umm. No. It is the responsibility of whoever is on barn duty at every fair I've gone to or participated in. All birds are given a health check before they can enter the barn. Same with rabbits. If a rabbit seems to have heat problems, we send it home usually, after doing what we can for it. The chickens got dunked in a bucket of water every morning, and you were not allowed to bring in any small animals without a frozen water bottle for each one.

 

[JessaLynn]

I wish our fair was run like that.Sadly it isn't and did contact the board and addressed my concern but havn't go a responce yet.

 

[quiltnchik]

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It doesn't matter what they're used for; they're still animals, WITH FEELINGS, and deserve compassion. If the owners weren't around, then the lady that was aware of the situation SHOULD HAVE made sure those animals were taken care of, and THEN complained to the fair committee!

My mother, 80 years old, was delivering phone books with my brother last week. She noticed an old dog tied outside a garage who had wrapped the rope around its back leg and couldn't get to its food and water inside the garage. Did she stop and think, "Wow, those OWNERS should be here helping their dog!"? No! She got out of the truck and untangled the dog!

What has happened to the majority of the human race? Do we no longer have compassion and/or empathy because we feel it's "someone else's" responsibility?!?

 

[seismic wonder2]

Don't they have police where the fair is?
If you call about animal cruelty they HAVE to come!!!!!!

Also the fair has a central office. Go there and raise a HUGE stink then call the newspaper and TV while standing in front of them....THEY WILL fix the problems or face my wrath!.

 

[cassie]

If you find something really out of whack at a fair, your best course of action is to find the administative offices. They are there somewhere. Start with the livestock office and if you don't get any satisfaction go to the fair manager's office. Tell him about the situation, and if he doesn't want to to anything tell him you are contacting the local newspaper. Then od it. In fact, you should call the paper now and tell them what you saw today.

In the fairs where I have shown livestock, owners of livestock are responsible for their animals, but there is a staff that is supposed to care for poultry and rabbits, not the exhibitor.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I think you will find this helpful. It has Animal Welfare Act contact information at the bottom of the document. This is a PDF file and may take a minute to come up.

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_welfare/downloads/awa/awa.pdf

You need to contact the fair director, or whoever is in charge, and let them know what is going on. If they act like they don't care, take it to the humane society or call your local Ag Extension office. They can give you some more information.

 

[thebritt]

This same thing happens at our fair. There's a snooty lady with a "holier than thou" attitude who's job it is seems to be to eat BBQ all day while making sure no one pesters the chickens. But when you mention that some birds seem to be distressed, it's not her job. True, the 4-Hers are supposed to care for their own exhibits. My daughter showed chickens, rabbits, and pygmy goats for about 8 yrs. She would point out and get upset about the neglect some of these kids showed towards their charges. I taught her from day 1 that our animals depend on us for EVERYTHING, and if she forgot to check the water, she was to clean & fill before any other activity. Some of these kids are quite young, and I feel it is the PARENT'S responsibility to be sure the care is given (by the child). As for the poultry barn lady - It's true, it's not her JOB, but it sure oughtta be. Some of these kids are like 7 and 8 yrs old. That's no reason to cause an animal to suffer. I, too, have brought the neglect to her attention, only to have her roll her eyes and send a little kid out to add water to the bowls of wet wood shavings. I didn't even go to the fair this year. It's too frustrating.

 

[Biddieacres]

I had to look where you were from because I just witnessed the same thing at my county fair. (different part of the country though) It was unbearable heat. Same thing with no water for the animals. I felt terrible about it.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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It doesn't matter what they're used for; they're still animals, WITH FEELINGS, and deserve compassion. If the owners weren't around, then the lady that was aware of the situation SHOULD HAVE made sure those animals were taken care of, and THEN complained to the fair committee!

My mother, 80 years old, was delivering phone books with my brother last week. She noticed an old dog tied outside a garage who had wrapped the rope around its back leg and couldn't get to its food and water inside the garage. Did she stop and think, "Wow, those OWNERS should be here helping their dog!"? No! She got out of the truck and untangled the dog!

What has happened to the majority of the human race? Do we no longer have compassion and/or empathy because we feel it's "someone else's" responsibility?!?

OK, let's think slowly and rationally on this. The kids in 4H and FFA in that area, are probably raised with the same mentality as their father or mother or grandparents. Which means, in many instances, that hardness is inherited by learning. An animal is an animal in their eyes. They have no compassion for an animal that will be sold, slaughtered or whatever. They meet the needs of the animal while they have it and afterwards...

ETA: I do not agree with their mentality. My birds are my birds until they are sold, dead, etc.

There may ALSO be that little brats at shows have gone through and taken all the cups, broken the cups, or the bird knocked it down etc.


I do not feed my birds at poultry shows. It makes them dumpy and they lose their "edge". After the judging, then yes I feed, but until the final judge has gone through, those birds go without food.