Goat Gives Birth At Slaughterhouse
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For a lucky mother and child, all is calm and all is bright this holiday season. This week, just in time for Christmas, Farm Sanctuary (www.farmsanctuary.org), the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, will make room at the “inn,” i.e. their New York Shelter in Watkins Glen, for a special mother goat who was destined for slaughter and the tiny “miracle” baby she gave birth to at the slaughterhouse who saved her life.
Farm Sanctuary was first alerted to the miraculous birth by a local Binghamton vet, Melissa Hayes, whose relative owns the slaughterhouse. Hayes’ relative had recently bought some “spent” dairy goats at a stockyard, having no idea that one was pregnant, and brought them to his facility to be slaughtered. After witnessing the birth and the tender devotion between the mother goat and her child, he decided to ask for Hayes’ help finding a good home for the pair.
“I immediately called Farm Sanctuary,” says Hayes, who first became acquainted with the organization as a veterinary student at nearby Cornell University, where many of Farm Sanctuary’s animal residents are treated following rescue and throughout their lives. “As a student, I helped treat some of their rescued animals and I was deeply touched by their commitment to protecting these often overlooked animals from cruelty. Whether it was pigs who had fallen off a transport truck or an elderly steer with arthritis, Farm Sanctuary was always there to comfort these animals and prove that their lives matter.”
“We are overjoyed to welcome this special mother and child to our sanctuary just in time for the holidays,” says Farm Sanctuary’s National Shelter Director Susie Coston, who is known as the “Farm Animal Whisperer” for her unique bond with farm animals and for her deep understanding of their complex emotional lives. “Goats are very affectionate, social beings who, just like us, want nothing more than to be among their family members. It is always a great joy for us to enable mothers and babies, who are typically immediately separated, to stay together. This will make our holiday at the sanctuary even more precious and it wouldn’t have been possible without the help of our members.”
Yes it is a beautiful story but such a sad context. Why cannot everyone see the beauty and wonder in all creatures? Why must we keep up the violence? Just for a moment put identify with the living, breathing and feeling animal and just sense their desire to live out their potential without suffering at the hands of humans.
Very well said Nick ! I often wonder just why people are cruel to animals and not understand the bigger picture. Let’s hope things will change one day.
This is just SO, SO …. SICK !!!
No, not the saving of the mother goat and her child ….
but of the actual circumstances and reality of it all!!!!
So this mother (and her child) was ‘spared’ …. but on went
the slaughter at that murderous place as ‘business as usual’ after they left!!!!
SICK, SICK Human being – this species needs a real wake-up call!!!!
hnk goodness the guy had some sense and handed this pair over to be rescued but my heart goes out to all of the other poor goats who still got slaughtered and after serving scumbag huimans their whole life, that’s the biggest injustice of it all, these poor creatures deserve tpo be retired out in a field somewhere to live their lives in peace not hae their throats cut and left to bleed to death by some smelly slaughterman who doesn’t give a shite about them.
that is fantastic, the downside of all this is just so goshy-goo depressing. this story brought a tear to my eye.
humans can b both angels n demons depending on their actions……it would b suitable if the so called superior beings called human could b more of an angel……this world would have been heaven……for humans n also for animals who share equal right to live…..
JESUS Clearly Told Humans To Be Vegetarian In Gospel Of Holy Twelve,Meat eating is Voilence and anti christ