Happy Heifers!

The other day I walked out to get the mail. While thumbing through all the junk I found "The Most Important Gift Catalog In the World" Well this I had to see. You can't just toss "The Most Important Gift Catalog In the World." I was curious because the front cover pictured a sheep. The inside cover said "Heifers for the Holidays!" What more could you ask for?!

Now, I have seen some strange things in my life, but this is one of the most... well strange. It makes all kinds of sense but you just would never think you would be getting a catalog for it. This catalog was selling heifers and all sorts of animals. http://www.heifer.org So of course I'm reading what I can buy my loved ones this Christmas season. I can buy them anything from a full on heifer to a bee hive. I can even buy a $5000 Ark with an assortment of animals, even a package called the Milk Menagerie. The only catch is you have to be poverty stricken and hungry.

The program is really cool. The family receives whatever animal(s) and also gets trained on how to take care of the animal ie: feeding, milking, etc. The gift is always a female with a guaranteed "stud" in the village, to insure mating. Part of the program is when the animal does reproduce the family must "pass along" the gift. So at least one of the offspring must be given to another family in need. I thought that was pretty cool.

Steve and I love to watch a show called Taboo. It's all about different "taboos" around the world. Many of them have to do with animals. There is a lot of animal sacrifice and "cures" involving animals and their various parts. I have always wondered where these poor people find their goats, or chickens, you wouldn't believe the number of chickens that are killed for "religious" reasons. Maybe it's the cynic in me but I think I just got my answer, thanks heifer.org!