On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:54:11 GMT, "TNSAF"
wrote:
Lots of off-topic garbage, rather than discussing the situation of
diseases being spread in Canada!!
>JamesD wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:49:28 GMT, "TNSAF"
>> wrote:
>>> MarvinBlumenschitt wrote:
>>>
>>>> He wishes to forget the words of Premier Ralph Klein of Alberta,
>>>> regarding the BSE crisis:
>>>> SHOOT. SHOVEL. SHUT UP!
>>> You are quoting Ralph out of context. He said that in response to
>>> allegations this was the practice being used in the US.
>>
>>
>> KLEIN WAS NOT REFERRING TO US, BUT RATHER COMPLAINING ABOUT
>> THE USA EMBARGO ON ALBERTA BEEF!
>>
>> He was quite serious when he asked Alberta ranchers to hide the number
>> of BSE infected cattle.
>
>Were you following the news stories at the time? The growing concern was why
>in the US, with its much grater head count, sharing the very same feeding
>practices (often even the same feed manufacturers) had they not found even
>one single home grown case. The accusations were either they were not
>testing well enough, often enough, or that ranchers were culling what they
>suspected might be infected with BSE. It was not until the Japanese
>questioned the effectiveness of the testing for the very same reasons that
>the first US case reared its head. It did not add up scientifically and
>brought into question the credibility of the US beef industry and US testing
>procedures.
>
>BTW this is my last post on this subject in this forum! If you want to
>continue the discussion it in a political or agricultural group...!
>
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