Fwd: Re: [Jacob-list] opinion

[Linda Bjarkman]

>I'm going to stick my foot down my throat here, as I have numerous times
>before.
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>When you sell/give away a Jacob lamb that you feel is not a worthy example of
>the breed, you have NOT removed that animal from the breeding population
>unless it is a wether.  You'd be surprised at how many "pet" owners will
>eventually breed (by choice or accident) that lamb.  Somewhere down the line,
>offspring from that "pet quality" lamb is likely to show up at a farm where
>someone is interested in breeding.  Perhaps it will end up at a sale barn.  As
>both JSC and JSBA have open books at this time, those sheep may well be
>registered - but, with no background information.   You have not eliminated
>that animal from the gene pool.  You've only lost the background information
>when somewhere down the line that animal or it's offspring reenters the
>registration process.
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>I'd rather see something like AKC has where you can register a dog as a non
>breeder. Or, like Sue's ewe >end up on a
>>Styrofoam plate in  a very cold place..............
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>Linda
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>On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 20:21:28 -0400, Gillian Fuqua wrote:
>>I am new to breeding so who knows what I would do with an oh so cute lamb
>>looking at me plaintively.  I'm guessing that I would rescue it but not breed
>>it.  I think that I am with Sue in that I would ship it off to be a pet and
>>not keep it as a breeder.  I might breed the ewe again to see if the
>>problematic lamb was a fluke or the norm for that ewe.  If it were the norm,
>>she wouldn't get bred again and she would become someone's pet or dinner,
>>unless she had a super fleece.  I do think that if we are interested in
>>preserving a rare breed we are not doing the job if we keep marginal
>>individuals in the gene pool.  It certainly is an interesting debate.
>>I work with emotionally disturbed kids and sometimes have cynical Darwinistic
>>thoughts about how humans are reproducing....
>>
>>Gillian
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