“… Working animals were taken care of when they grew old and were no longer able to work; they even had a good old age. Back then people didn’t have the means that are available today. Grain used for animal feed was ground manually into a fine consistency to enable the old and feeble oxen to eat it. Modern-day man has strayed from such things; they won’t even take care of elderly humans much less elderly farm animals!”
(Elder Paisios in ‘Family Life’)

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