“It’s a terrible thing that a whole nation’s industry can be brought to its knees by one old animal that comes down with this [Mad Cow] disease that doesn’t really mean much in the scheme of things any more,” Michael Hartmann, deputy director of Cattle Council of Australia, said.
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Mr Hartmann: One sick cow killed people in the UK. One sick cow can kill people here and in the USA. The real question is, why are US (and maybe Australian) farmers feeding cows mushed-up dead animals when cow DNA says they should eat grass? And why did the USDA take 9 months to alert people about the diseased animal?
You defend the indefensible, in a misguided belief that the beef market is more important than the people who eat it — your customers.
I enjoy eating red meat, but I wouldn’t go near a cow or any other herbivore if I knew they’d been penned and fed on a diet antibiotics and ground-up animals parts.
Thank goodness most Aussie cows are pasture fed.
Get a conscience Hartmann!