AR-News: (US-tx) Ex-Montana rancher Lyman foresees more mad cow cases

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AMARILLO, Texas - The central figure in Oprah Winfrey's legal fight with
cattle ranchers outraged many in beef country six years ago with his
prediction that sloppy meat production practices all but guaranteed mad
cow's arrival in the United States.

With the first domestic occurrence of mad cow disease in December, Howard
Lyman is again upsetting the beef industry.

Lyman, a former Montana rancher turned vegetarian, said the discovery
validates his concerns about how cattle are raised and slaughtered to
produce tons of meat each year. His comments on Winfrey's show in 1996
prompted a lawsuit by Texas cattlemen, who lost. 

"I wish it had never happened, but you see somebody driving toward a cliff
at 200 mph and they won't step on the brake, you can pretty well figure
out what they're going to do," said Lyman, who now lives in Alexandria, Va.

full story:
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/02/15/build/business/50-lyman.inc

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