Demonstrators Protest College Plan To Slaughter Oxen  10/26/12
5:50PM By Nina Keck  MP3   Download MP3    VPR/Nina Keck A group
of demonstrators were at Green Mountain College on Friday to
protest the slaughter of oxen Bill and Lou. --  About 15
protesters demonstrated at Green Mountain College Friday in a
last ditch effort to save Bill and Lou - a pair of oxen that
have worked on the campus farm for ten years.  The school caused
an international uproar when it decided to slaughter the 11-year
old animals after Lou was injured. The school plans to use the
animals' meat to feed students.     The quiet protest became a
heated debate once students arrived.  Laura Slitt, a protester
from Bartlett, New Hampshire, faced off against Green Mountain
College freshman Emerald Hardiman.   Hardiman says she backs the
school's decision to slaughter the oxen and has been taken aback
by all the insults and name calling on Facebook - from both
sides.  "I'm worked up about this - this has gone on too long,"
Hardiman said. "So