I was wondering how the Amish were reacting to Covid

[captain queeg]

I googled Amish and Covid and found a couple articles. They chose to live a simple life and in some ways are quite skeptical. But they aren’t stupid and they are taking action. Unlike the red hat science deniers they are not only taking it serious but offering to help. I’m not really surprised, I worked with them for years in Ohio. I’m quite sure that magats make fun of the Amish but I’d say that’s backward and the Amish ought to be laughing at the magats

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. The only problem I have with the Amish are the puppy mills

I LOATHE puppy mills.

"While puppy mills are a problem throughout the country, there are areas of the country and certain communities where puppy mills are particularly prolific. Dog farming is a large part of the economy for many Amish communities. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Holmes County, Ohio, and Shipshewana, Indiana are home to thousands of breeding dogs that will spend their lives in puppy mills. This comes as a surprise to many given the reputation the Amish, and is a side of the Amish community of which most people are not aware and would never knowingly support.

The dogs in these Amish mills are treated like livestock. They will spend their entire lives in a cage, being bred until they can longer produce. The Amish breeders that we have researched may have anywhere from 10 to over 1,000 dogs. These breeding dogs often spend their lives in a barn in stacked cages, only being removed to breed."

Sorry for hijacking your thread.
I am glad they are treating covid like a pandemic.

[underpants]

2. I did not know that

Wow

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. Honestly, most don't know about it.

But, it is a sad, maddening fact.

[CountAllVotes]

4. +1

Having had the sad experience of owning a dog from one of these hell holes, I agree!

What a batch of sicko's IMO!

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. The last dog we rescued came from one of these mills

She was a Bichon and had been there for 3 years.
When she was "used up" a rescue operation received her and put her up for adoption. She was fostered out but a child left the gate open and she ran away. She was in the wild for 6 weeks before she was captured in an animal trap.
That is when we adopted her.
It was two years of "constant" love and attention before we could even touch her, but gradually she became the best, most wonderful companion. She was our baby until she turned 16 and crossed the bridge.
We will never forget how fabulous she was for us, and I am proud to have given her many years of love and affection.

[CountAllVotes]

6. Mine was from a very similar situation

Bred and dumped.

Sadly, the dog was very sick and had to be put down abt. 4 mos. after I adopted her.

I had no idea!

Said "breeder" finally got caught in 2018.

It amazes me how long this individual got away with it and it probably STILL doing it today!

[MiniMe]

8. For the most part, they aren't doing anything illegal.

I volunteer for a lab rescue, and we get in dogs from the Amish all too often. Some of them are the breeder moms and dads, and some are the puppies. We have literally rescued them from the farmer shooting them because the pup didn't sell. They don't want to spend money feeding them if they don't sell. And they don't want to spend the money to take them to the vet, so they just get their gun out and shoot them. I want to cry every time I think about it.

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. Thank you for your efforts. Yes, I touches me deeply.

I've often said that if I were to win a lottery, I would spend most of it on animal shelters.

[captain queeg]

7. Didn't know about that but not really surprised. I could see them thinking of dogs as livestock

[GulfCoast66]

9. That makes sense.

I worked for a large animal vet for a summer when I thought I wanted to be a vet.

I quickly learned that when called out to a livestock animal call the same thing would happen. They would ask how much the call costs and how much the treatment would cost.

Then you could see the calculation working in their head. Would the return on the investment pay off. I really had no problem with this. Farming is a business. These people were not cruel to their animals, but had to make a profit off them. They were not going to spend more on the animal than the could get from it.

I can easily see the Amish feeling the same way about dogs.

[Raine]

11. I agree, they're really disgusting in that regard. 👎 nt

[roamer65]

10. Another religious cult.

Religion is poison.

[Cosmocat]

12. eh

there have been some bad outbreaks in some of our surrounding Amish communities. They mostly dont do anything about it, just are buffered being in more rural areas, but they do have some vector points w markets and auctions and once it gets in ...