There has been some wonderful comments on the dangerous ram!! Such insight and wisdom!!! I have been on a ranch just about all my life. Anytime one of our herd got mean it was gone! We have had bottle raised heifers that would kill you as soon as look at you. So now if I bottle raise a calf, as soon as it is weaned it is sold. I don't keep bottle rams, billies, etc just because they are so familiar it can be potentially dangerous. Every Blackbelly ram we bottle fed became mean. They are Blackbelly rams. We must remember that. They are not really pets because you can never overcome their natural instincts by befriending them. THEY ARE FABULOUS SHEEP AFTERALL. BUT we must remember not to implant our human feelings or emotions on them. Keep it simple and smart. Thank you, Rhonda ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 3:30 PM Subject: Re: [blackbelly] Male Livestock Animals are Dangerous
> Several years ago an elderly couple visiting their sheep were killed as they > entered the pasture. One or more rams. The newspaper indicated they'd raised > sheep for many years. They were a wooly breed, can't remember the breed. > Rams are definately not pet material. > > Best they could figure it, the wife was hit first and hubby tried to assist > her and got taken down next. Both died, before they were found. (about 2 days > later. > > Diana > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info > http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 7/28/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 7/28/2005 _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info mailing list Visit the list's homepage at Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info
