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Canadian Mad Cow, was Americans have been eating madcowsfor years...
On 12/29/2003 1:33 PM, in article , "Dave
Smith" > opined:
> The Wolf wrote:
>
>>>> As more information comes in, it looks more and more like that cow came
>>>> from
>>>> Canada. Meanwhile, I'm hoping the hysteria will last long enough for me to
>>>> lay in a year's supply of cheap, Florida grown, meat.
>>>
>>> Actually, as more information comes to light, the origins of the cow is
>>> question
>>> becomes even more questionable. The US authorities have described the cow as
>>> a
>>> 9-12 year old and as a hour year old Heifer, but Canadian records show it
>>> has
>>> being a 6 year old cow who has had two calves. Thus, the cow seems to have
>>> had
>>> at least three different identities.
>>
>> Let's talk common sense. Canada has admitted beef with the disease so what
>> can a reasonable person deduce where the U.S. Infected cow came from?
>
> Yes, we acknowledged there was a case of BSE. That cow had no connection at
> all to
> the one that turned up in Washington. Common sense does not dictate pointing
> the
> blame at Canada when there are so many discrepancies about the identity and
> source
> of the infected cow in Washington. Your government provided two different
> ages for
> the infected cow, saying that it was a fully mature (9-12) year old and later
> that
> it was a four year old heifer (had not had any calves), but the records for
> the cow
> from Canada show that it was a 6 year old that had had two calves. Obviously,
> there
> is some confusion over the identification, in which case it would have been
> prudent
> to establish the facts before pointing the finger.
>
The NY Times reports the age discrepancy has been rectified. A liberal like
yourself swears on the accuracy of the NY Times...........
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