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2010-08-21 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Floods may wipe out millions of livestock: UN

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Posted by Fred 2010-08-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 "The main priority -- and challenge -- is to get feed to those animals," said David Doolan, who heads FAO programmes in Pakistan.

Hey, here's a crazy idea: let's slaughter the unfed cattle to feed the unfed human refugees of the flood, then we can fix two problems for the price of one.

Posted by trailing wife in Amsterdam 2010-08-21 02:46|| 2010-08-21 02:46|| Front Page Top

#2 "You can put chickens, goats and sheep in the boat and take them with you, but you can't take a buffalo or a cow," said FAO livestock expert Simon Mack.

and that observation is what makes Simon a livestock expert......

Posted by classer 2010-08-21 02:50|| 2010-08-21 02:50|| Front Page Top

#3 I'll forgo the obvious comment.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-08-21 08:52|| 2010-08-21 08:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Too bad cows aren't carniverous - would solve THREE problems at once (starving cows, starving refugees and supply of future terrorists.)

Posted by Glenmore 2010-08-21 09:07|| 2010-08-21 09:07|| Front Page Top

#5 I'll forgo the obvious comment.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-08-21 08:52

I wont, there goes the Pakistani sex tourism industry

Posted by Black Charlie 2010-08-21 09:49|| 2010-08-21 09:49|| Front Page Top

#6 asked for an initial 5.7 million dollars

That's just to fund the place settings at the inevitable conference in Bali this tragedy requires.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2010-08-21 13:01|| 2010-08-21 13:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Ms. Anderson, please file this away in our Katrina folder if you will.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-08-21 16:31|| 2010-08-21 16:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Here's an idea - to feed the people, parachute in a whole bunch of grills and have the people eat grilled steak.

(Like we did after the hurricane when the power was out and we didn't want the stuff in the freezer to completely go to waste.)

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-08-21 19:43|| 2010-08-21 19:43|| Front Page Top

#9 How about the US just moves on to something important. Pakistani flood? How is that my problem? Plus, they hate me - so I hate them back. Starve.

Posted by Hellfish 2010-08-21 21:51|| 2010-08-21 21:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Wait a minute. They got all this food, in self-propelled meat storage units that are gonna die if they aren't fed?

Where do I go to donate BBQ sauce and charcoal briquets?

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2010-08-21 23:47|| 2010-08-21 23:47|| Front Page Top

#11 I agree with hellfish. and black chalie that was funny as hell.

Posted by chris 2010-08-21 23:49|| 2010-08-21 23:49|| Front Page Top

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