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Kill or Cure.(foot-and-mouth disease)(Brief Article)
Why are we killing all these cows? The British government and its farmers have allowed the slaughter of nearly 1 million animals potentially infected with foot-and-mouth disease so far this year. The disease poses no threat to humans. And it's not even fatal for animals. Though highly infectious (for other animals), foot-and-mouth kills a tiny percentage of those infected. As Andrew Sullivan of The New Republic notes, "It's a cow flu with cold sores."
What it does, however, is make them produce less milk and meat. A more humane route might be to vaccinate all livestock. But that is expensive. British stock would no longer be deemed "pure," and other countries would refuse to import it. That's a loss of nearly $1 billion to the nation's economy. So, as in past ...
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- Press release article from: M2 Presswire June 12, 2009 700+ words
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- Press release article from: M2 Presswire May 13, 2009 700+ words
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