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Animal rights group hangs sign on butter cow (Iowa State Fair)
The Sioux City Journal / The Associated Press ^ | August 15, 2011

Posted on 08/15/2011 3:50:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An animal rights group is taking responsibility for hanging a sign on the Iowa State Fair butter cow, saying it represents "humankind's tyranny over defenseless animals."

(Excerpt) Read more at siouxcityjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Agriculture; Food; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: food; iowa; peta; zealots
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To: jonascord

Lol! You have a good point.


21 posted on 08/15/2011 7:50:00 PM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3
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To: Nervous Tick

“For Dinner” is a strange name but if you insist. :)


22 posted on 08/15/2011 7:53:57 PM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3
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To: SunkenCiv; 2ndDivisionVet; Silentgypsy
We could be rid of the ecoterrorists if we could convince them that plants feel pain.

Kinda reminds me of the theory that whales are as intelligent as humans. They ever prove that and EVERYBODY will be out hunting whales. teehee.

23 posted on 08/15/2011 8:34:46 PM PDT by bigheadfred (Give a little bit of yourself to me)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I grew up on a grain, beef and dairy farm. What the hell is a butter cow?


24 posted on 08/15/2011 8:40:35 PM PDT by upsdriver (to undo the damage the "intellectual elites" have done. . . . . Sarah Palin for President!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mmmmmmm....butter...


25 posted on 08/15/2011 8:42:02 PM PDT by redhead (I will vote for Sarah Palin, even if I have to write her in. —)
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To: upsdriver
"I grew up on a grain, beef and dairy farm. What the hell is a butter cow?"

A sculpture of a cow made from mmmmm...butter...

26 posted on 08/15/2011 8:43:30 PM PDT by redhead (I will vote for Sarah Palin, even if I have to write her in. —)
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To: upsdriver

A representational sculpture of a milk cow made from many pounds of butter kept in a refrigerated case with windows. Been at the state fair for many years.


27 posted on 08/15/2011 8:43:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Gov. Sarah Palin. What'll you do?)
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To: upsdriver; redhead

28 posted on 08/15/2011 8:46:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Gov. Sarah Palin. What'll you do?)
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To: SunkenCiv
They'd endorse cannibalism as the "Gaia-approved" method.

Cheers!

29 posted on 08/15/2011 8:55:52 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; redhead

Okay, thanks, makes sense now.


30 posted on 08/15/2011 9:12:26 PM PDT by upsdriver (to undo the damage the "intellectual elites" have done. . . . . Sarah Palin for President!)
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