From: Darren Edwards [brilliantsins@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 3:22 PM
To: FDADockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! 


Re: Docket Number 98P-0151/CP1"

Dear Sir/Madam:

Please GRANT PETITION 98P-0151/CP1, the "Downed Animal Protection Act." This 
legislation would prohibit any  stockyard or market buyer to buy, sell, 
transfer or drag any animal  that is unable to stand on his or her own. The 
legislation further  requires that all "downed" animals be humanely 
euthanized.

The livestock industry has attempted to prevent the marketing of  downed
animals through volunteer measures but unfortunately, the  problem
persists. State laws that address animal cruelty most often  do not
cover livestock and the Packers and Stockyards Act,  which governs the
handling of animals at stockyards, does not address humane concerns.
Cows, pigs, goats and other animals who are too sick or disabled to
even stand on their own are left to suffer, sometimes for days, with no
veterinary attention.

Thank you for your time.

Yours Truly,

Darren Edwards
23041 Vanowen Street
West Hills
CA  91307
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