So the Silly Moo is close to capture. Thank God for that! Yvonne the cow, who did a runner rather than face the chop in Germany, should soon be on her way to an animal rescue centre after spending 89 days on the loose.
We can all sleep better for that. No more bulldozing her way into Bavarian police cars. No more snipers ready to shoot to kill. Just a whole lot of well-meaning folk happy to pay to see a mad cow parade in a bovine paradise. I'm so pleased for her.
As a non-meateater, is this not overkill? How much has been spent worrying over this one animal, lovely though she is. What about the calves transported long distances to their final destinations, or the hens with broken legs in battery farms? Pigs kept tightly packed in pens all their short lives?
Give Yvonne a long and happy life somewhere nice if you must, but let's not lose sight of the bigger animal welfare picture.
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