Regarding your Nov. 10 editorial “Doomed oxen: A lesson in sustainability”: Green Mountain College and the Globe seem to be confused about the proper handling of Bill and Lou, the 10-year-old pair of working oxen that the college had planned to slaughter and serve as food in the school cafeteria, over the protests of many students and others.
By all accounts, the school has encouraged students to befriend these animals, and students’ protest is based on the belief that friends don’t eat friends for dinner.
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Agreed.