AR-News: Vegetarian cowboy risks Canada mad cow showdown

[Animalconcerns Info]

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The vegetarian cowboy, best known for
spurring Oprah Winfrey to spurn burgers, rode into Canadian cattle country
Wednesday to warn about the dangers of meat, despite fears of a hostile
reception from cattle farmers hard hit by the mad cow scare.

Howard Lyman said he expects to be a target for anger from farmers who
have been battered by lost export markets and slumping beef prices after a
single case of mad cow disease was discovered in Alberta.

"Of course (farmers) are suffering, and I'm their greatest friend," Lyman
said in an interview with Reuters. He added that Canada needs more testing
for mad cow disease and stricter rules about what livestock can eat.

full story:
http://www.forbes.com/business/newswire/2003/10/01/rtr1097059.html


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