the humble cow, used, abused and never honored in modern society

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Mad Cow Disease has Caused Americans to Take a Second Look at Their

Dietary Choices

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OREGON, U.S.A., January 10, 2004: Mad Cow Disease, scientifically known

as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, has caused alarm to some American

consumers of beef after a Washington Holstein was identified as

carrying the disease. Some are considering adopting a vegetarian diet.

This article explains how the beef industry has permeated American

Society. Cow by-products are used to make gelatin, soap, asphalt roads

and car tires. In the pharmaceutical industry many drugs come from a

cow's body including Heparin, an anticoagulant used to thin blood, and

Epinephrine to stimulate the heart in the event of cardiac arrest. The

article says, "Plenty to render, recycle -- only about half of a beef

cow ends up in the meat case, according to the National Renderers

Association. The castoffs from beef production -- 35 million cattle

slaughtered annually -- would quickly overflow the nation's landfills

if they weren't rendered and recycled. So the humble cow continues to

yield fertilizer from dried blood, buttons from hooves, neat's-foot oil

from shin bones and toothpaste from fats." For Hindus, this article is

a real eye opener -- actually rather shocking -- as we revere all life

forms and do not consider that a human life form is superior to any

other. Our hearts go out to the humble cow, used, abused and never

honored in modern society.

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Admiral Jeremiah report says CIA should be scrubbed from head to toe - so let's scrub them all down with cow dung!!