Recently the Humane Society caught a beef processing plant in California sneaking downed cattle, which are cows too sick to even stand, into the food supply. Caught on secret video, workers sprayed sick and dying cows with firehoses, rammed them with forklifts and dragged them into processing facilities. The video is particularly disturbing and it prompted the largest beef recall in history, four times larger than the previous largest recall. The reason for the prohibition on downed cattle should be obvious. Cows that get sick in these high density lots and slaughterhouses usually have E. Coli or Mad Cow disease the very last thing you want to do is cut them open. The recall affects beef that goes back 2 years, the meat was served in school lunches and elderly aid programs, so most of it has already been eaten. If you were trying not to catch mad cow disease... too late.
Moral: Vegetarian.
