I can see it being handy for emergencies. For example; last year in the May/June area, it was super rainy. One of the goats was standing up on a slope, with her front legs on a tree, eating the leaves. She some how slipped, caught her leg in a fork, and snapped it at a 40 degree angle. Since she produced a nice kid, we opted to keep her.

Total cost of the surgery to fix her leg? Over $500. That doesn't cover the supplies we bought to wrap the leg, the antibiotics, the calcium powder, taking her in to get pus out of the surgery site, etc. For those who have many animals, I can see this being very handy for those unexpected, costly emergencies. However, if you can't afford to deal with the standard costs of an animal, such as vaccinations/spaying neutering, etc, don't have animals.