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