Sir, - Given that the folly of feeding bonemeal to cows has now been recognised (albeit too late for many), could some scientist please explain why it is still considered appropriate to feed fishmeal to sheep? Nature retaliated the last time man deluded himself into thinking it was appropriate to feed animal waste to vegetarians, and will she not do so again?
It occurs to me that the problem of BSE is not only scientific, veterinary or medical, but spiritual. We have come to believe that greed is good, and that any evil is to be excused in the interests of profits and "job creation".
Yours, etc.,
Woodley Park,
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Dundrum
Dublin 14.