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To: waterhill

“”A cow actually ingesting plastic is a death sentence. Painful for the cow. “”

That’s just not true at all. We’ve been raising cows on this ranch for around 125 years with me being a part of it for the last 70. One of the fist lessons I learned was not to leave anything plastic or rubber out where a cow could get it. Polyester rope seem to also be a favorite. The cows would strip a car or truck with any exposed rubber stripping. Hell they’ll try and eat old tires if given a chance. Only thing I’ve seen a cow eat that ended up in a vet call was plastic insulted wires and it wasn’t the plastic caused the problem, it was the copper puncturing the intestines. When we drill wells we dig out large area’s called mud pits and line them with polyethylene sheet, we have to put fences around them to keep the cows out. Not only do they step in and punch holes in the sheet they also eat the damn stuff.


28 posted on 07/02/2021 8:48:20 PM PDT by Dusty Road (")
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To: Dusty Road

I grew up ranching myself, and they truly are as dumb as a cow. lol


31 posted on 07/02/2021 8:50:24 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Dusty Road
“it was the copper puncturing the intestines”

Its called hardware. Being that it was copper, no cow magnet would have worked. And yes we used to shove cow magnets down their throats if they got hardware.

Fun, nose pinchers on and a balling gun and get that SOB down the hatch while fighting like hell with the stupid thing.

Dumbest animal on earth.

41 posted on 07/02/2021 10:12:51 PM PDT by crz
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