Alexandoy
VIP Contributor
Some decades ago there was a hype in a major newspaper on the breeding and raising of ostrich. A pair of ostrich for breeding was very expensive but there were many buyers in the hope of earning a good profit when the ostrich had multiplied. When the offspring were ready for butchering the ostrich raisers were surprised that there were no buyers. They resorted to cooking the meat and sell the dish in the wet market. But the price was very low so they lost in the business. What followed was the hype on raising turkey. The turkey may be popular in the US but not in the Philippines. That was another hype that fooled many investors. That was a neat lesson for the losers who invested because of the hype. The latest hype is raising rabbits for the meat. Come on, who would eat rabbit meat? The rabbit raisers have posted an article in social media of the problem. There is also a list of suggestions that raisers should be the one to eat rabbit meat. This post is a food for thought to potential livestock raisers. When it comes to a hype in raising livestock the only people who profited are the first investors. The next batch of investors are the losers.