Dear PETA

The stickers on the packages of meat are amusing, but...

That steak did not come from a cow named "Bella".

If that steer had a name at all, it was the number on their ear-tag.

But even that's irrelevant!

There are certainly steaks out there from cows with names.

My sister's 4H project was such a beast.  That bovine had a name, though I cannot recall it, and its destiny was to be processed into tasty hunks.

Whether she got a prize was based on the auction price of the steer and the quality of the meat from the slaughtering shortly following the auction.

There was no misconception about the destiny of the animal.

The same for the turkey I raised.

Ogie had a date with the Thanksgiving dinner table and my giving him a name didn't change that.

These critters are NOT pets!

I don't see a lot of PETA people with farm animals as pets, to be honest.

That cow was sold at auction, why didn't you go save Bella?  They don't care what you do with it after you buy it.  They assume you're going to be making beef, but you could have yourself a 1,500 lb. lap cow.