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Today is Auction Day for the 4-H Animals.

by Suza Francina August 14, 2009

Today is auction day for the 4-H market animals at the Ventura County Fair. Yesterday, I had another talk with a friend who has been involved with 4-H since childhood. He knows everything that happens to each kind of animal from beginning to end. I do my best to be…

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4-H Kids and Their Animals: the Ultimate Betrayal at the Fair

by Suza Francina August 11, 2009

Guest Editorial by Marty Fast, a former 4-H leader who lives in Ojai
Once again this year, the 4-H animals are on display at the Ventura County Fair. Many of these animals return home once the fair is over, but what happens to the pigs and other market animals? Market pigs…

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Why 4-H Kids Should Not Send Their Animals to the Slaughterhouse

by Suza Francina August 9, 2009

Dear Suza,
I have been reading your articles about 4-H kids. I understand why they should not send their animals to the slaughterhouse.
What I am about to tell you here are events that actually transpired, as accurate as my memory can recall. I could never in my life think up anything…

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