From: Donnielle Coulman [dcatt14@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 6:28 PM
To: FDADockets@oc.fda.gov
Cc: FDADockets@fda.gov

     For Docket #98P-0151/CP1

     Please grant the petition to prohibit the slaughter of downed animals.  
Animals who are too sick or injured even to stand should not be allowed to 
enter the human food chain.  It is practically impossible to move downed 
animals humanely, and they are typically pushed with tractors or dragged 
with chains.  Downed animals comprise a very small percentage of animals 
slaughtered, and prohibiting their marketing will cause no undue economic 
hardship.  Cruelty to any living creature cannot be right under any 
circumstances, and allowing suffering is simply inhumane.

     Donnielle E Coulman
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