{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"RaeSikora","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/raesikora\/","title":"Please Kill Me to Save My Breed! - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1cunnvAma2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/please-kill-me-to-save-my-breed\/\">Please Kill Me to Save My Breed!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/please-kill-me-to-save-my-breed\/embed\/#?secret=1cunnvAma2\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Please Kill Me to Save My Breed!&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"1cunnvAma2\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/black-cow_w725_h483.jpg","thumbnail_width":725,"thumbnail_height":483,"description":"I was in the waiting room at the local massage school here in Santa Fe about to have a bodywork session with one of the students.\u00a0 A woman in the seat next to me started talking to me about her work.\u00a0 She and her husband raise beef cattle.\u00a0 She was very proud of what she was doing and excitedly went into it without knowing who she was talking to, \u201cWe are saving a very old heritage breed of cattle.\u00a0 Without us, they would probably die off.\u00a0 AND, it is LOCAL!\u00a0 It isn\u2019t easy to keep going with local products. \u00a0You know, they are much more expensive to produce and most people don\u2019t want to pay the price. I just feel so good about saving this breed.\u201d \u201cOh, you are saving them?\u00a0 So you don\u2019t kill them?\u201d I asked. \u201cOf course we kill them\u201d, she replied, \u201cWe have to make a living.\u201d Me: \u201cDo you kill and butcher them right there on your ranch?\u201d Her: \u201cNo, we send them to Colorado to a slaughter facility.\u201d Me: \u201cHow far away is the facility?\u201d Her: \u201cAbout 9 hours away\u201d Me: \u201cIs it still considered local?\u201d Her: \u201cYes, it IS local.\u201d Me: \u201cIs it [&hellip;]"}