An Ounce of Prevention
Am I the only one with about zero sympathy for the cattle producers of the United States and Canada right now? I'm absolutely shocked neither country requires the cattle ranchers to track where all their cows and all their feed come from. Didn't they pay attention to England and the other countries dealing this in the past two decades? Twice the Brits have had to slaughter something like every friggin cow on the island because of bovine cooties. It's not like this is uncharted territory. The NYT today (whose stories I thought were hugely lacking) mentioned that New Zealand and a few other unnamed countries require the ranchers to tag and track each cow. But that's it. Economy wrecking to follow. Possibly rightly so.
- posted by Amy @ 12/27/2003 08:53:00 PM