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Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. A livestock veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin, Poulsen had seen sick cows before, with their noses dripping and udders slack.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 days ago (3 children)

“Experts say they have lost faith in the government’s ability to contain the outbreak.”

Who should have been isolating sick cows from the rest of any given herd? Most of the yahoos with these sick herds welcomed the idea of their Holy Cheeto dismantling “th’ gubmint.” So whose fault is it again?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago

The government regulators for being captured by the yahoo ranchers and not listening to the expert virologists

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

"I want all of the benefits with none of the costs or inconveniences."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

If it makes you feel better, the CAFOs are putting most of them out of business.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

Who do you think is having unrestrained spread of disease in their herds?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wish this was an "Animals as leaders" reference, but it refers to "concentrated animal feeding operations"...

Which I learnt because of Animals as Leaders.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I will fight Tooth and Claw to recognise it as the reference

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

cafos are just one step in the supply chain. they are grazed for about a year then grain finished in a cafo