From: Hroncek, Carol [Carol.Hroncek@bmo.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 5:50 PM
To: 'FDADockets@oc.fda.gov'
Subject: Re: docket number 98P-0151/CP1

Importance: High

I am writing in support of  a petition filed by Farm Sanctuary (docket
number 98P-0151/CP1) to prohibit the slaughter of downed animals.

From the well documented horrendous conditions on factory farms, terrific
suffering of the animals there ensues.  In turn, this suffering has lead to
many animals become too weak and sick to stand up or move under their own
strength.  The resulting 'downed' animals are then inhumanely and barbaricly
shackled, hoisted, and dragged by the leg or neck or pushed by tractors and
forklifts to the slaughterhouse.  These animals suffer greatly in this
process.  

In addition to posing an increased risk of bacterial contamination, there is
evidence that some downed animals may be afflicted with a form of BSE
(bovine spongiform encephalopathy or "mad cow disease"), a disease that has
been linked to a fatal human illness (CJD or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease). 

I urge you to acknowledge and affect the stipulations inherent in the
petition submitted by the Farm Sanctuary.

Carol Hroncek
906-268 Poplar Plains Road
Toronto, ON
Canada
M4V 2P2
carol.hroncek@bmo.com













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