Cleo Still Alive

I have been traveling for the past couple of weeks and didn't dare to hear anything about Cleo the cow. I called mom once and she said she hadn't asked because she thought Cleo was probably slaughtered. Mom said she drove by the slaughterhouse and couldn't look. Well, today, I talked to mom and she said that Cleo lives. The farmer, Allen, who was told by the big wig lawyer to put Cleo to market, did not follow orders. Mainly because he felt he had no authority or money to do so. (Processing a cow isn't cheap, you know, plus the cost of hauling her).

So, I'm in Milwaukee with my sisters and brother and my sister Kim and I did a great ad on Craigslist to find a home for Cleo. Yep, we did have a couple glasses of wine to enhance our creative writing, but we think it's only a matter of hours before we begin to hear from people who want to send money or sponsor our cow. We wrote the ad to appeal to the patriotic, God-fearing, disabled, lonely, vegans, and animal-loving farmers.

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/pet/870700887.html

Plus, one other option exists. I just heard from my friend Rob in Germany and he was recently in Switzerland and "rented" a cow. For a not so small fee, he gets cheese from all the milk she produces. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2003-07-14-cows-internet_x.htm

I think we could possibly start this in the states with Cleo being the first producer. We may have to buy Kraft cheese to trick the renters (would slices wrapped in cellephane be too obvious), but anyone stupid enough to rent a cow won't know the difference.

We have only a few days to act. The new execution date is Tuesday, October 14th.