Date:         Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:43:08 +0200
Subject:      cattle in Bali
From:   neweb@vax2.concordia.ca

Hi Jacky and Simon
well you wanted a discussion and you seem to be getting it-

When I think of your materials flow, it seems to me that it doesn't take
enough factors into account- I don't know much about cattle
as will be obvious- but I suppose that if your cattle are to be held
for 100 days, you will handle about 350 a year-at what age are these
cattle killed- that is,  how long are cattle owners raising them
before they come to you- and where are they now- are these cattle
newly introduced to Bali- if so, what do they displace? and if they
are now in Bali, what is the advantage of concentrating them in a feedlot
instead of feeding them where they have lived    up to then?

Whether  its a question of adding  350 cattle per year to Bali or
of concentrating them in one place, the problems of waste disposal are
actually created by the project- is there a point in raising cattle in
a crowded largely vegetarian or at least non-beef eating society?

I used to watch the ducks waddle past my terrace and up the stairs into
their compound- they seem to me to be rather more in balance witth the
surroundings

Elaine Newman