Chapter 9

I found it to be very disturbing that cattle are being feed other animals. These animals were born to eat grass and maybe grain not other animals. What’s more upsetting is that the FDA approves these practices and even allow for the practice to run vice versa. Poultry being fed dead cattle, and cattle being fed dead poultry just sounds absurd. The FDA banned feeding the cattle cats and dogs that come from shelters, because it was found that this was linked to an outbreak of mad cow disease, But yet they are okay with feeding them other types of meat such as horses, pigs, and poultry without knowing what other outbreak these could bring. On page 202, Bjerklie states that “…they are not designed to eat other animals”. As I first stated cows were born to eat grass, if they are fed something that they might have issues digesting, bigger issues will develop in the long run. I believe that no animal should be fed something that is not designed to eat. I would prefer to pay twice the price for a piece of stake, than get the same stake at a cheaper price but be at risk of ending up in the ER.