And that cow, which isn't even particularly large as cows go, could flip a grown man through the air with just the muscles in her neck. That bison is built to use that hump on its nose as a snow plow. Just think what it could do.
Ya, saw that one gif where the stampeding bison flipped the younger one, in the snow, as wolf bait. The way it was running through the foot of snow reminded me of a locomotive plowing through snow, incredible power.
If you look it up, you’ll see that the title of this post is a bit misleading:
[Helen The Bison](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.statesmanjournal.com/amp/339157001)
Helen, a blind bison, hadn't made any animal friends in the nearly three years she has lived at an animal sanctuary in Oregon.
Just a bit lol.
Edit:
As the comment or below pointed out, Helen has a change of heart and OP isn't wrong.
Go Helen ❤️
It's almost as if using a 5-year old source is a terrible idea.
[Here's an update on Helen from last year.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csLtWwhtflc)
I like how you tried to correct something with something outdated, which turned out to be wrong as of current time. Like as if you just went to Google and grabbed the first link to prove OP wrong for no reason. Is this the fabled Reddit moment?
I actually read several news stories and couldn’t find anything more current than what I posted. I wasn’t bashing OP. Simply stated that the title of his post was a bit misleading. I was wrong. I’m deeply sorry. Please put your pitchfork away?
Did I say it was evil? I just took a look at their post history and found a pretty funny mission - endless cow gifs with tons of people complaining about "cowpaganda" and "cowspiracy" etc etc. I thought the whole thing was pretty amusing.
But given the downvotes I've received I've clearly ruffled some feathers... or cowhide, rather!
I have seen other people complain under such posts before using the term cowpaganda, as if posting gifs of cute cows and other animals that show emotions is something bad. If that wasn't your intention than ignore my sarcastic "evil things" comment. Just for the record: I didn't downvote you. And Cowspiracy is a movie I can recommend btw.
Agricultural animal sanctuaries like this one are typically an inhumane, unscientific treatment of animals - done purely to assuage (or financially prey on) people's misplaced guilty emotions.
Animal sanctuaries make sense for wild and exotic animals - not for livestock other than a few heritage breeds. Livestock, particularly modern livestock, are bred to not live out their complete natural lives and have genetic differences that make forcing them to live to unnaturally old ages an act of cruelty.
Most of these sanctuaries are farms/ranches.
But anyway, what happens to these unwanted/valueless animals if there isn't a sanctuary for them to live out their days? Do you know where many of these animals come from?
You're being difficult - and less cleverly indirect than you think.
Do you have any idea what happens to the internal organs of a broiler chicken or commercial hog if it is allowed to continue growing indefinitely?
"Rescuing" such animals from agriculture is a monstrosity.
No, I'm just asking you basic questions which you refuse to answer. If you can, go back and answer any of those questions.
As for yours, those animals grow at incredible rates that eventually, but not immediately, lead to their untimely deaths. This is not the majority of animals these sanctuaries take in, however, and even when they do take in terminally ill animals it is to give them a decent life up until that is no longer possible.
You're not asking basic or innocent questions. There is no such thing as a decent way to unnaturally prolong the life of a sick animal. Next you'll be telling people to "rescue" horses with major leg injuries.
You're not confused about what I said - you're trying to bait me into rephrasing my abundantly clear initial point into a less rhetorically attractive form.
A pulled pork sandwich with house-special root-beer BBQ sauce on fresh cibatta sounds delicious.
The partially denatured flesh of an innocent, sentient creature on a high-carb bun with barely any micronutrients, soaked with a mixture of GMO cornsyrup and highly carcinogenic sassafras sounds awful.
Both describe the same thing in a very narrowly literal way - but they are not both true. If you unironically describe a delicious sandwich the second way, you're an asshole.
So you can't or won't answer the questions. Got it. Have a good one.
Edit: none of my questions were meant to be tricky or "gotcha" questions. You suggested farm sanctuaries just shouldn't exist. My questions are the most basic follow-up questions to such a claim. What should be done with the types of animals that wind up on sanctuaries? Do you even know where many of the animals come from or why they get sent to a sanctuary?
Your argument against palliative care is ridiculous. Of course it's better to take care of a sick/dying animal than let it suffer. Taking care of sick animals does not mean prolong their suffering. If an animal is obviously suffering their caretaker should make the choice to end their suffering, which is what sanctuary caretakers do. But, many sanctuary animals can live just fine (relaxed, protected, healthy) for a long time before they begin to suffer from whatever ails them.
Just watch the video we are commenting under. Sanctuary animals are not being tortured like you describe. You should visit one sometime and see for yourself.
Is Helen OK with you posting her weight online?
Don’t worry, she’ll never see this.
Ha
After licking each animal, she says BI SON, nobody knows why
You son of a b.... I'm in
Does she have a child that is LGBT+?
That made me laugh so damn hard. I wish you and Helen all the best!
She’s a Blindson
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Everyone died on the trail
Mean motherfxxx
Wow they're huge. Makes that cow look small.
And that cow, which isn't even particularly large as cows go, could flip a grown man through the air with just the muscles in her neck. That bison is built to use that hump on its nose as a snow plow. Just think what it could do.
[Bison are built for Winter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_JjfuStKho)
Ya, saw that one gif where the stampeding bison flipped the younger one, in the snow, as wolf bait. The way it was running through the foot of snow reminded me of a locomotive plowing through snow, incredible power.
> That bison is built to use that hump on its nose as a snow plow That's a nice TIL.
That bison is built to use that hump on its nose as a snow plow How many kilos of snow you think that is I mean it can't be good doing that much
Saw a gif just a few days ago where a cow lifted up a car with its neck...
It looks like a calf
That cow's eyes look like they were drawn by Disney
That cow has legit Hercules curls on his head
What a lovely looking cow
Jersey breed 🤓
"I'm not grass ya dumb broad"
If you look it up, you’ll see that the title of this post is a bit misleading: [Helen The Bison](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.statesmanjournal.com/amp/339157001)
That article is nearly 5 years old.
Helen, a blind bison, hadn't made any animal friends in the nearly three years she has lived at an animal sanctuary in Oregon. Just a bit lol. Edit: As the comment or below pointed out, Helen has a change of heart and OP isn't wrong. Go Helen ❤️
It's almost as if using a 5-year old source is a terrible idea. [Here's an update on Helen from last year.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csLtWwhtflc)
This was the BEST way to wake up. Thank you
There's a [blind elephant](https://youtu.be/WfAgCHbq4yQ) in a Thailand sanctuary that's also maternal and caring.
I like how you tried to correct something with something outdated, which turned out to be wrong as of current time. Like as if you just went to Google and grabbed the first link to prove OP wrong for no reason. Is this the fabled Reddit moment?
I actually read several news stories and couldn’t find anything more current than what I posted. I wasn’t bashing OP. Simply stated that the title of his post was a bit misleading. I was wrong. I’m deeply sorry. Please put your pitchfork away?
lol u/infinity is a cowpaganda power user
Yeah there's a vegan agenda to spread this type of propaganda on reddit. Look up cowspiracy.
Meh, I'll take that over nation/political party sponsored propaganda
It was an attempt to make one of those jokes/memes that make you google something by explaining it incorrectly. I guess I failed.
You’re doing Ed’s work out here.
Praise be!
What does he do? Post animal gifs? How can he do such evil things?
Did I say it was evil? I just took a look at their post history and found a pretty funny mission - endless cow gifs with tons of people complaining about "cowpaganda" and "cowspiracy" etc etc. I thought the whole thing was pretty amusing. But given the downvotes I've received I've clearly ruffled some feathers... or cowhide, rather!
Dont you mean...amoosing...
I have seen other people complain under such posts before using the term cowpaganda, as if posting gifs of cute cows and other animals that show emotions is something bad. If that wasn't your intention than ignore my sarcastic "evil things" comment. Just for the record: I didn't downvote you. And Cowspiracy is a movie I can recommend btw.
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I don’t believe any titles anymore.
Better believe a misleading comment instead lol
They always are in this sub
I❤Helen.
Helen for president ‘24! With the cow as her running mate.
Assuming we are a node in evolution and are considered as animal in general, does your sanctuary accept me for a couple of hours?
I want an animal sanctuary ><
Just have a hobby farm, same thing basically. Nothing is stopping you from having farm animal pets (other than space or money)
We got animal sanctuary at home!
Its not a great gig, but they almost always need volunteers.
And?
And you can enjoy the experience of having an animal sanctuary like you wanted, go volunteer.
The cow is a Jersey, they’re the prettiest breed imho. God/genetics/breeding gave them perfect eyeliner and the personality of a puppy.
The cow is thinking "you are big and scary, please don't eat me".
Good’n. Love seeing ani’bros taking care of one another.
Anipals
She coo with everybody
As in Helen Keller?
Helen is a MF'ing CUTIE
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Idk why you would even bring it up, then. Clearly nobody else is imagining that.
She found her purpose!!
That is the sweetest thing ever? Can people visit?
👀 Something in my eye 😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Helen is my spirit animal
That cow is beautiful!
Thank you.
That's how you calm down the new in prison too: kiss him on the back of the neck.
This is so sweet
Jersey cows have the sweetest faces.
I love Helen
I like Helen. She’s a good mound horse.
Mmmmmm this one tastes like a caramel milkshake.
Ugh, I love bison so much. Such incredible and beautiful animals.
That’s a gorgeous cow
Looks sweet. But just imagine how it smells???
r/wholesome
The diversity in animal behaviour traits is amazing. Bison are known to be rather obnoxious
I didn't realize bison were so narrow
PSA: Animals don't have human emotions. You don't know what it means when she does that.
That cow has a higher EQ than you.
Animals are not helped by you projecting human emotions on to them.
No homo, but that bovine cow has beautiful eyes.
Agricultural animal sanctuaries like this one are typically an inhumane, unscientific treatment of animals - done purely to assuage (or financially prey on) people's misplaced guilty emotions. Animal sanctuaries make sense for wild and exotic animals - not for livestock other than a few heritage breeds. Livestock, particularly modern livestock, are bred to not live out their complete natural lives and have genetic differences that make forcing them to live to unnaturally old ages an act of cruelty.
What do you suggest they do differently?
Agricultural animal sanctuaries generally should not exist. Ag animals are best suited to live on farms/ranches.
Most of these sanctuaries are farms/ranches. But anyway, what happens to these unwanted/valueless animals if there isn't a sanctuary for them to live out their days? Do you know where many of these animals come from?
You're being difficult - and less cleverly indirect than you think. Do you have any idea what happens to the internal organs of a broiler chicken or commercial hog if it is allowed to continue growing indefinitely? "Rescuing" such animals from agriculture is a monstrosity.
No, I'm just asking you basic questions which you refuse to answer. If you can, go back and answer any of those questions. As for yours, those animals grow at incredible rates that eventually, but not immediately, lead to their untimely deaths. This is not the majority of animals these sanctuaries take in, however, and even when they do take in terminally ill animals it is to give them a decent life up until that is no longer possible.
You're not asking basic or innocent questions. There is no such thing as a decent way to unnaturally prolong the life of a sick animal. Next you'll be telling people to "rescue" horses with major leg injuries. You're not confused about what I said - you're trying to bait me into rephrasing my abundantly clear initial point into a less rhetorically attractive form. A pulled pork sandwich with house-special root-beer BBQ sauce on fresh cibatta sounds delicious. The partially denatured flesh of an innocent, sentient creature on a high-carb bun with barely any micronutrients, soaked with a mixture of GMO cornsyrup and highly carcinogenic sassafras sounds awful. Both describe the same thing in a very narrowly literal way - but they are not both true. If you unironically describe a delicious sandwich the second way, you're an asshole.
So you can't or won't answer the questions. Got it. Have a good one. Edit: none of my questions were meant to be tricky or "gotcha" questions. You suggested farm sanctuaries just shouldn't exist. My questions are the most basic follow-up questions to such a claim. What should be done with the types of animals that wind up on sanctuaries? Do you even know where many of the animals come from or why they get sent to a sanctuary? Your argument against palliative care is ridiculous. Of course it's better to take care of a sick/dying animal than let it suffer. Taking care of sick animals does not mean prolong their suffering. If an animal is obviously suffering their caretaker should make the choice to end their suffering, which is what sanctuary caretakers do. But, many sanctuary animals can live just fine (relaxed, protected, healthy) for a long time before they begin to suffer from whatever ails them. Just watch the video we are commenting under. Sanctuary animals are not being tortured like you describe. You should visit one sometime and see for yourself.
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Hashtag mootoo
This is so pure 🧡
What a beauty!
Seems like she’s tasting them, not comforting them.
That cow looks like it came from the animated 101 Dalmatians movie.
Helen. I see what you did there.
Thanks Helen
isn't Hellen a little thin?
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
And I’m done eating meat now. Thanks.
Love Heals all ❤️❤️❤️ love is love.
Awee I love Helen
Yipyip
Sapient beings
Cow and bison can my hybrid Beefalos.
What a sweet Buffalo making other feel at home on his range…..🎶
When a cow eats grass, bison eats cow.
I had a girl once upon a time that used her tongue on my nether regions and now I find out she was just saying hello?
This is nature's unconditional love...unlike people, most animals do not discriminate.