‘Dumb Human’ Disease

Re “Diseased Cow Traced to Canada, U.S. Says,” Dec. 28: Who in the world would butcher any sick animal for food? Growing up on a farm, we knew that animals should be treated and saved, when possible, or they were put down. We never killed anything that was not in good health and then used it for food. You’d think anyone would know the meat should not be eaten. “Mad cow” disease should never have happened in any part of the civilized world if the animal was obviously sick. Dumb, dumb, dumb!

Marie Wren

Fillmore