27-09-2015, 09:52 AM
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Re: American taste and discretion
Originally Posted by Pumicestone
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Nonsense.Australia has a huge beef cattle (for meat) export industry.
Nothing whatever to do with dairy.
You might have a tiny problem milking a bull.
You could say that milk is the by product of the beef industry, but what is important is that you cannot have one without the other.
As a new poster, you will find me responsible and respectful.
I will however stand my ground.
Your facts are just plain wrong.
Australia is the third biggest exporter of Dairy products in the World, it is only a minor player in respect of beef exports.
http://www.pwc.com.au/industry/agrib...stry-Nov11.pdf
http://www.pwc.com.au/industry/agrib...stry-Nov11.pdf
27-09-2015, 12:00 PM
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Re: American taste and discretion
Originally Posted by Pumicestone
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IF they were bred commercially in huge numbers and there was a market for elephant meat ...... no probs.That is obviously not the case.
I am amazed you cannot see the difference.
Feel free to be amazed.
Did I mention anything about elephant meat? I asked you your views on poachers killing them for their tusks ONLY.
29-09-2015, 04:40 PM
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Re: American taste and discretion
Originally Posted by Mups
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I suppose you think elephants murdered for their tusks is acceptable too?
Originally Posted by Pumicestone
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IF they were bred commercially in huge numbers and there was a market for elephant meat ...... no probs.That is obviously not the case.....
Originally Posted by Mups
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Did I mention anything about elephant meat?I asked you your views on poachers killing them for their tusks ONLY.
How can I put this more simply ?
NO, I do not condone poachers killing elephants for their tusks alone.
However, what I said was that IF they were bred (like cattle or sheep or pigs) in huge numbers and their meat was somehow made suitable for consumption by the worlds' starving millions,
then, on principle, I would have no problems harvesting the buggers.
But I concede that is an unlikely scenario.
29-09-2015, 05:02 PM
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Re: American taste and discretion
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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You could say that milk is the by product (?) of the beef industry, but what is important is thatyou cannot have one without the other.
Perhaps I need to learn to be more concise.
Your statistics are absolutely correct - as far as they go.
It is your linkage between beef cattle for meat and dairy cattle for milk products which I dispute.
Aus has some 28 million BEEF cattle - bred for meat.
1.6 million cows on dairy farms.
One is in no way a "by-product" of the other.
For the most part, they operate in different parts of the continent.
A cattle (beef, meat) property is general huge- often with upwards of a hundred thousand head.
Dairies are generally small with perhaps a few hundred cows.
The cattle station might have a few 'house cows' just to provide milk for the family and staff but very, very rarely as a money-making adjunct.
If the dairy industry did not exist here at all, we would still have a substantial beef cattle industry.
Therefore we most certainly could "have one without the other".
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