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Taken from the mail bag of Cow Calf Weekly

It's Time For R-CALF To Explain Itself
I feel you missed the point in the article, "Keeping Case No. 2 In Perspective," in the June 24 special issue of BEEF Cow-Calf Weekly. You say: "Now is not the time to use this issue to... try to strengthen or weaken the position of any group within the beef industry." Having sat through an R-CALF fundraiser highlighted by their so-called "expert" veterinarian, I can tell you unequivocally that now is the time to ask R-CALF, "What now?" and demand some accountability for the fear-mongering they've fostered.

I listened to this R-CALF veterinarian talk of the horrors of death from BSE; the disgusting, debilitating wasting of the brain; the ease of transmission from meat to humans; the infectiousness of the disease -- possibly being spread through urine; and the substantial risk of death from eating beef from countries with BSE. All this was done in an attempt to further R-CALF's position of a closed Canadian border.

The public needs an explanation from R-CALF on how it plans to undo the damage it's done now that we have a domestic case of BSE.

I sent Leo McDonnell (R-CALF founder and president) an e-mail asking for some accountability. He sent me back an email saying I was the hypocrite along with an article about how the futures markets actually went up Monday after the BSE announcement over the weekend -- like R-CALF had something to do with it! The markets are strong despite R-CALF's past rhetoric, not because of it.
Nathan Sanko
Back 2 Basics Beef
Pittsburg, KS

YES it is time for accountability isn't it. What do you R-CALFers say? Are you going to just let Leo slink out the back door without making him explain the agenda of R-CALF and how it has changed? :x
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