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Git along, li’l ostrich
Midland-area entrepreneurs expand into exotic bird ranching
MIDLAND (AP) — Before oil was
discovered in the Permian Basin, the
area was filled with herds of cows
and horses and flocks of sheep
raised by local ranchers.
Now a new breed of local ranchers
are hoping to replace the sound of
hoofbeats with the sound of flapping
ostrich wings.
U.S. sanctions against South Af
rica — supplier of most ostrich prod
ucts to this country — in 1986 have
sent ostrich products such as feath
ers, hide and meat into short supply
and their prices skyrocketing. As a
result, Americans across the country
are jumping into ostrich breeding.
People in the Southwest in partic
ular have flocked to the industry in
the last two years, with Texans and
Oklahomans taking a particularly
strong interest in the bird. While the
exact number of breeders is difficult
to determine, it is known Texas has
the largest number, followed by Ok
lahoma.
Angelo Picerrello, financial mar
keting analyst with the Texas De
partment of Agriculture in Austin,
estimates the ostrich-breeding in
dustry in Texas is a $7 to $15 million
industry right now.
“Within four to five years,
though, it could be a $100 million in
dustry,” he adds.
The TDA feels the industry has
great potential and is assisting in the
preparation of information on
breeding problems, and other needs
such as pen size and diet recommen
dations and marketing strategies for
ostrich breeders.
A number of Midlanders have
plunged into the industry, which
they see as a chance to diversify the
local economy — by introducing a
new product — and because they see
a chance at getting an excellent re
turn on an investment.
One of the first, and largest, os
trich-breeding farms in the area is
the Yellow Rose Ranch south of
Odessa, owned by Dr. John Sheets
and his wife, Rachel. The ranch cur
rently houses 70 birds and has incu
bating facilities to handle 600 to 700
chicks.
Cooper Campbell, manager of the
ranch, says that when Sheets decided
to get out of the horse-breeding
business a couple of years ago, he
did some research into exotic ani
mals, and found that the ostrich was
the only exotic with a viable market.
“South Africa’s had an established
market in ostrich products such as
meat and hide for 100 years,” Camp
bell points out. “Due to our sanctions
against the country, it gave U.S.
breeders a chance to get our foot in
the door and develop an industry in
the U.S.”
Prosecutor shows relief
over rejection of new trial
AUSTIN (AP) — A federal pros
ecutor says he is relieved a judge has
ruled that convicted psychologist
Lucy Marrero isn’t entitled to a new
trial despite allegations of jury mis
conduct in a fraud and embez
zlement trial.
Marrero, 35, is scheduled to be
sentenced next week for her Feb
ruary conviction on 37 charges of
fraud and theft of money from U.S.
military medical insurance funds.
She faces a sentence of up to
$850,000 in fines and 285 years in
prison.
U.S. District Judge James Nowlin,
who earlier this month interviewed
four of the 12 jurors who convicted
the Austin psychologist, wrote in an
opinion released Tuesday, “The
court is firmly convinced that there
has been nothing raised requiring a
new trial or a judgment of acquittal
in this case.”
During the three-week trial, the
jury heard evidence that Marrero’s
Psychotherapy Institute in Austin
falsified insurance claims and
“doubled billed” military insurance
funds between 1983 and 1985.
Lawyers for Marrero had filed a
request for a new trial charging jury
impropriety. They filed affidavits
from two jurors who alleged they
were pressured by other jurors to
vote guilty despite believing Marrero
was innocent.
In his six-page ruling, Nowlin
noted that when he polled each ju
ror after the verdict was read, all
said they agreed with the conviction.
Nowlin also ruled that the allega
tions of jury misconduct raised in
the case were without merit under
the federal rules of evidence.
Dan Mills, the assistant U.S. attor
ney who prosecuted the psycholo
gist, said the government “is relieved
that (Nowlin) ruled the way he did.”
Mills said he agreed with Nowlin’s
judgment that the allegations of jury
misconduct had no merit under fed
eral court rules.
Mills accused Marrero’s lawyers of
“badgering the jurors” by telephon
ing them after the trial and question
ing them about the deliberations.
Frank Maloney, one of Marrero’s
lawyers, said he could not comment
on Nowlin’s ruling. But he said Mar
rero plans to appeal her conviction
after sentencing.
Since her conviction, Marrero has
transferred ownership of the clinic
to her husband, Bernie, who also is a
psychologist. Marrero continues to
treat patients, Maloney said.
He notes a three-month-old chick
will bring $3,000 while a three-year-
old pair of breeding ostriches can
fetch $45,000. The eggs themselves
can bring as much as $500.
The average hen begins laying at
about three years, and lays an aver
age of 60 eggs a year until the age of
40 or 45 years. The only red-
meated, two-toed bird in the world,
an ostrich will grow to stand an aver
age eight feet tall and weigh as much
as 345 pounds.
The ultimate goal of U.S. breed
ers is to increase the herd enough to
support a U.S. products industry,
processing U.S.-grown ostrich hide,
feathers and meat, which is a deli
cacy in Europe but in short supply in
the United States.
Currently South Africa slaughters
85,000 birds annually, while esti
mates put the number of birds in the
United States at around 8,000.
Campbell figures it will be another
five to six years before this countn
has the number of ostriches needed
to make a processing industry viable.
He offers this example of what
kind of production ostriches area-
pable of: 14-month-old chicks (the
age most South African ostrichesate
sent to market) would average 80
pounds when slaughtered. If one
pair produced at least 30 chicks a
year, Campbell says that would equal
2,400 pounds of meat annually from
that tone pair.
For Midlander Roy Kimsey, one
pair of birds will outdo a typical
West Texas oilwell. “If a hen lays5(1
eggs a year for 40 years, that’s 2,000
eggs. If current prices hold, those
chicks would sell for $3,000 a piece,
See Ostrich/Page 10
What’s Up I
Thursday
WOMEN’S STUDIES/CLASSICAL STUDIES: will present "Sappho and He
Companions" at 7:30 p.m. in 203 Blocker.
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY: Davis Scholarships and the Longevity Awards
Ceremony will be at 2:30 p.m. in 204C Sterling C. Evans Library.
SUGAR LAND/MISSOURI CITY/STAFFORD HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet
and elect officers at 7 p.m. in 105 Heldenfels.
MEXICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet and those seeking election
must present a work plan at 8:30 p.m. in 308 Rudder.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM: will elect officers at 7 p.m. in502
Rudder.
STUDENTS OVER THE TRADITIONAL AGE: will meet at 5 p.m. at Duddleys
Draw.
VIETNAMESE STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will elect officers at 8:30 p.m. in226
Rudder.
R.E.A.C.H.: will have a panel discussion about world hunger at 12:30 p.m. in the
MSC flagroom. There will also be a canned-food drive from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at
Rudder fountain.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-
0280 for more information.
ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: will meet at 6 p.m. Call the C.D.P E for
more information.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280
for more information.
LATIN AMERICAN CATHOLIC STUDENTS: will meet to discuss current issues
in Spanish at 8:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Student Center.
TAMU ATARI USERS GROUP: will meet at 7 p.m. in 027 MSC.
Friday
AGGIE SPACE SOCIETY: Valentin Lebedev, a Soviet cosmonaut, will auto
graph his books and answer questions from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. in 601 Rudder.
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS: will have statistical science awareness day
from 2-5 p.m. in 701 Rudder.
MANAGEMENT SOCIETY: Joe B. Foster, president of Newfield Exploration
Inc., will speak at 10 a.m. in 114 Blocker.
STERLING C. EVANS: will have a used book sale from 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. on the
south side of the library.
RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will have registration from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. in 159
Read for a fun run and frisbee golf.
MELTING POT: will meet at 7 p.m. at St. Mary's Student Center.
HILLEL JEWISH STUDENT CENTER: will have Shabbat services at 8 p.m.at
Hillel.
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the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. What's Up is
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have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315.
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