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Mad-Cow.org Archives 1996- Mar. 2001

• 12/29 Elk farmers in Saskatchewan breathe sigh of relief
• 12/28 Ranchers study security to protect against terrorists
• 12/23 Cases of wasting disease nearly triple in week's time
• 12/23 Nebraska chronic wasting disease 'emergency situation'
• 12/19 State tells Town and Country to stop relocation of deer
• 12/15 McDonald's sales, stock price on the skids
• 12/15 Chronic wasting disease found in Sioux County Nebraska elk
• 12/14 California ranchers worry that wild elk will infect cattle
• 12/13 Proposed FDA mad cow disease blood donor restrictions
• 12/15 Risk of BSE in USA is low, say US investigators
• 12/13 Special hunts set to help control chronic wasting disease
• 12/12 Wasting disease detected in Kansas elk
• 12/10 Live testing may help stop spread of chronic wasting
• 12/10 Vigilance urged over animal disease
• 12/7 Harvard mad cow study debated on National Public Radio
• 12/7 First Kansas case of mad cow-like chronic wasting disease
• 12/5 Colorado captive elk still putting wildlife at risk
• 12/3 US trying to avert disaster from mad cow-like disease in sheep
• 12/1 U.S. mad cow risk is low, a study by harvard finds
• 12/1 USDA to double cattle testing for mad cow disease
• 11/30 Colorado may spend $730,000 to fight elk diseases
• 11/28 The U.S. May Face Mad-Cow Exposure Despite Assurances
• 11/27 US slaughter method blows brain throughout carcass
• 11/26 United States TSE Advisory Committee transcript excerpts
• 11/24 New rules aimed at mad cow-like sheep disease scrapie
• 11/23 Deer numbers may be reduced to control wasting disease
• 11/22 US beef exporters fear loss due to 2nd Japanese mad cow
• 11/21 Study: USDA Can't Protect Livestock with Low Funds
• 11/18 Elk ranchers lock horns with Colorado wildlife department
• 11/15 New USDA mad cow rules under consideration
• 11/15 New rules seek to stop sheep version of mad cow disease
• 11/15 Four of 120 elk carried chronic wasting disease
• 11/14 Lawsuit To Prohibit Slaughter of 'Downed' Animals
• 11/12 Deer, elk disease worries state veterinarian
• 11/12 Missouri is testing deer for mad cow-like wasting disease
• 11/8 US feed makers continue to violate 1997 mad cow feed ban
• 11/5 60's study may be culprit in chronic wasting disease
• 11/3 First draft of wildlife plan available for public comment
• 11/1 Two Women Against Mad Cow Disease
• 10/31 More diseased elk linked to quarantined Colorado ranch
• 10/31 Some Firms Still Aren't Following Mad-Cow Rules
• Public hearing 10/30 in Missouri; comments request - until 11/21/01
• 10/29 Kansas elk and deer observed for chronic wasting disease
• 10/28 Coloradans Fear the Spread Of a Kind of Mad Elk Disease
• 10/24 US feed producers continue to flaunt mad cow feed ban
• 10/22 Time to rethink practice of feeding cows to pigs, poultry
• 10/20 Canadian hunters asked for deer and elk heads
• 10/21 Vet criticizes rancher at center of CWD concerns
• 10/19 Chronic wasting disease found near deer route
• 10/18 Domestic elk could threaten wild elk
• 10/16 Agencies tackling deer, elk disease
• 10/15 Activist says elk disease poses a risk
• 10/14 Colorado wasting disease outbreak is nation's worst
• 10/13 House-passed ban on trade in disabled livestock
• 10/13 USDA may buy up to 245 elk from Colorado ranch
• 10/12 Elk breeders may give away elk burgers from infect farms
• 10/11 Idaho ag officials not 'panicked' by wasting disease
• 10/10 Colorado elk quarantine could spread to Utah
• 10/8 Colorado to compensate ranchers for culled elk
• Notice of public hearing 10/30 in Missouri; comments request
• 10/5 State vet criticizes Colorado elk ranch
• 10/5 Elk pen closure would have limited wasting disease spread
• 10/5 Colorado elk rancher faces tough times
• 10/3 Ranch at epicenter of mad cow-like elk disease
• 10/3 Japan suspends deer imports from U.S., Canada
• 10/3 Idaho elk herd bought from Colorado ranch to be destroyed
• 10/2 Officials track infected Elk shipments
• 10/1 Mad Cow Risk Forces Hunt for Japanese Cows in US
• 9/29 Elk ranchers offered millions for destroying ill herds
• 9/28 Experts fear chronic wasting disease may spread
• 9/26 NPR's All Things Considered on mad cow disease
• 9/26 New Mexican elk herd may be first to be destroyed
• 9/26 Declaration of Emergency Because of Chronic Wasting Disease
• 9/22 Former wildlife chief wants Colorado elk farming abolished
• 9/21 1,000 elk with brain-wasting disease will be destroyed
• 9/20 Feed ban violations in the US continue
• 9/18 Meeting scheduled for October 25-26, 2001 in Washington DC
• 9/14 Violations of so-called feed ban continue
• 9/1 Beef magazine's take on BSE in the United States
• 8/30 Health Canada tightens restrictions on blood donations
• 8/30 Reopening of USDA Scrapie Eradication Comment Period
• 8/29 Wall Street Journal mad cow editorial
• 8/29 Wall Street Predicts Mad Cow Crisis Will Hit USA
• 8/28 FDA releases mad cow blood guidelines for comment
• 8/28 Travelers to Europe barred from giving blood
• 8/27 Big wake-up call for McDonald's
• 8/24 Mad-cow research spending to double, government says
• 8/21 US feed manufacturers still violating mad cow feed ban
• 8/21 Change for public meeting and comment period.
• 8/20 Health experts raise concerns about brain surgery risk
• 8/20 Nevada remains on lookout for chronic wasting disease
• 8/20 New mad-cow rules could cause big blood shortage
• 8/10 Chronic wasting disease exported to Korea?
• 8/10 Cattle better protected than people, warns consumer group
• 8/8 Violations of US mad cow feed ban continue
• 8/7 Technology picks bones, may spread mad cow to school lunches
• 8/7 Comments invited on Animal Disease Risk Act - by October 9, 2001
  
• 8/5 Mad cow disease: Could it be here? One man's crusade.
• 8/3 Tests on Vermont sheep 'exposed' to mad cow taking longer
• 7/21 Cull bid to stop spread of chronic wasting disease
• 7/20 Recycling through rendering: Dead animals used in products
• 7/20 US cattle feeders still violating feed ban
• 7/20 Chronic Wasting Disease Symposium, September 15-17
• 7/19 CWD slaughter continues in Saskatchewan elk herds
• 7/19 USDA's Mad Cow Disease Surveillance Program
• 7/19 Consumer Groups Find Flaws in U.S. Mad Cow Programs
• 7/17 Europeans doubt U.S. can replace blood imports
• 7/16 U.S. plan to halt blood imports over mad cow worries Europe
• 7/13 Colorado official advocates slaughter of 98-99% of deer herd
• 7/11 Mad Cow: It Can Happen Here
• 7/11 What Canadians need to know about Mad Cow Disease
• 7/9 Boom in organic foods and beverages fueled by food fears
• 7/6 U.S. Urges Use of Blood From Military
• 7/4 Canadian firm joins American Red Cross in blood screening
• 7/4 How safe America's meat supply is from mad cow disease
• 7/2 Blood shortage exacerbated by new mad cow restrictions
• 7/1 Prominent researchers agree we have mad cow in the USA
• 7/3 Wisconsin deer test negative for chronic wasting disease
• 6/2 Mad cow disease may be here
• 12/21/00 (posted 7/01) Sheep Version of Mad Cow Disease in Sludge
• Spread
  6/30 Conservation commission halts elk-restoration program
  6/29 Citing mad cow disease, FDA panel backs blood donor curbs
  6/28 U.S. plans to step up mad cow sampling
  6/28 New York Health Commissioner Favors Blood Restriction
  6/27 USDA eliciting comments on scrapie eradication program
  6/27 Curbs on blood threaten stocks For New York City
  6/27 Scientists race to stop mad cow threat
  6/26 Second wild case of Canadian chronic wasting disease
  6/25 More US regulations needed to prevent mad cow - US panel
  6/22 Missouri elk introduction put on hold due to disease fears
  6/21 Test results on Canadian diseased deer expected soon
  June, 2001 Proposed Federal chronic wasting disease program
  6/18 Officials wrestle with chronic wasting disease fears
  6/15 UN conference on mad cow calls for increased testing
  6/14 U.K. origin likely if mad cow hits U.S., scientist claims
  6/12 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: Is It A Threat?
  6/11 U.S. efforts to prevent mad cow disease falling short?
  6/10 The Deer Hunters The Target: Chronic wasting disease
  6/10 Faster methods sought to detect mad cow disease
  6/5 Mad-cow fears put renderers under microscope
  6/5 "On the USDA's front line Against mad-cow disease
  6/4 Pet food firm turns back on dog and cat meat
  6/3 Mad cow disease alters rendering industry
  6/3 Could mad cow strike the United States?
  6/2 Worries of cow disease surface in the United States
  6/2 Biologists warn of chronic wasting disease
  5/31 Meeting slated to discuss chronic wasting disease
  5/25 Chronic wasting disease wipes out one-fifth of elk herd
  5/25 Chronic wasting disease spreading in Canada
  5/22 Docs: mad-cow scare may break blood bank
  5/21 Red Cross to exclude up to 400,000 blood donors
  5/19 State to test deer tonsils for chronic wasting disease
  5/19 Controlling New Prion Diseases
  5/19 Mad Deer Disease?
  5/17 Chronic wasting disease halted on state elk farms
  5/15 Another case of chronic wasting disease in Nebraska
  5/14 How safe is our meat?
  5/14 1/3 of Colorado's cattle-feed producers fail inspection
  5/13 FDA tests find feed ban violations
  5/13 Was there a mad pig disease outbreak in Albany, NY?
  5/10 Faulty firewall against mad cow disease
  5/10 Let them eat hay
  5/8 Experts See Flaws in U.S. Mad Cow Safeguards
  5/6 Nation may not be doing enough to detect mad cow disease
  5/5 Mad cow disease concern could change chicken feed
  5/3 UW a pioneer in mad cow-type research
  5/2 Horse rescuers competing with butchers
  5/1 Some Texans rethinking meat
  5/1 Consumer Reports article on mad cow disease
  4/30 Researcher calls for autoclaving in BSE prevention
  4/30 Hunters may be at risk from chronic wasting disease
  4/30 The seized Vermont sheep flocks
  4/26 Outcry over slaughtering American horses
  4/24 Surge in veggie interest rooted in Europe's woes
  4/23 Consumer groups want broader feed ban
  4/23 Questions and answers about chronic wasting disease
  4/23 Appeals court says Vermont sheep issue is 'moot'
  4/22 Where's the Beef Come From?
  4/19 Ralph Nader on mad cow disease
  4/19 US poll finds many have stopped buying ground beef
  4/19 Neurologist: U.S. should prepare for 'Mad Cow' arrival
  4/17 Consumer Groups Say U.S. 'Mad Cow' Efforts Lacking
  Spring 2001: Supplements and surgery are the highest risk
  4/16 U.S. Reviewing Feed Rules Against Mad Cow Disease
  4/16 Purina Mills response to FDA concerns "unsatisfactory"
  4/15 Horse slaughter ban
  4/13 Government Urged to Protect Americans from Mad Cow Disease
  4/12 Letter to the FDA and USDA
  4/11 Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll on mad cow disease
  4/11 Vet concerned with meat sold as pet food
  4/11 USDA and mad-cow fears
  4/11 FDA official seeks broad ban on animal feed
  4/9 Review of the spongiform encephalopathies in the US
  4/9 Feed fears spur more regulation
  4/8 Elk farm blamed for outbreak of chronic wasting disease
  4/6 Is the U.S. a different case than Europe?
  4/6 Concern over 'mad cow' entering through diet supplements
  4/6 Prevention Bill Strikes Bipartisan Support in Congress
  4/5 Wasting disease found in a wild deer in Saskatchewan
  4/5 Beef industry response to mad cow testing article
  4/4 Scrapie causes farmers to fear for their livestock
  4/4 Public Citizen's congressional testimony
  4/4 Gaps could leave way open for mad-cow disease, some say
  4/4 Mad Cow Disease and Pet Food
  4/2 USDA Mad Cow Strategy: Don't Look, Don't Find
  4/2 U.S. not immune from prion diseases
  4/2 State to kill 300 deer to slow spread of disease
  4/2 New technology destroys sheep that may have mad cow disease
  4/2 Mad cow may lurk here
  4/1 USDA researchers stand guard against mad cow disease
  3/30 Most Americans oppose food from "downed" animals
  3/26 Will mad cows kill the Big Mac?
  3,14 - McDonalds- Beef Must Be Mad Cow Free
  3,13 - Interview with Dr. Thomas Pringle-leading authority on Mad Cow Disease
  3,8 - Globalization, economics and poor animal  husbandry responsible for Mad Cow epidemic
  3,7 - Newsweek Cover Story looks at Mad Cow Disease
  2/22 Chronic Wasting Disease - Wyoming
  2,8 - US Drug and Nutritional Supplement Makers Use Material With Possible Mad Cow Link
  2,5 - US Nutritional Supplements Containing Cow Brains--Cause for Alarm
  2/1 Deadly Venison?
  1,31 - CBS National TV Part Three on Mad Cow USA
  1,30 - CBS National News on Mad Deer Disease in USA
  1,29 - CBS Tries To Reassure Americans Regarding Mad Cow USA
  1/29 Mad Cow: The US is not immune
  1,26 - Feds Quarantine Texas Cattle: Fear Mad Cow
  1,19 - FDA Says: Animal Feed Companies Not Complying with Regulations to Prevent Mad Cow Disease
  1,14 - Mad Cow USA Explosive Story in the New York Times
  1,11 - The Mad Cow Crisis May Already Be Happening in the USA
  
  
• 1999
  January 7, 1999: Center for Food Safety Litigation to Head Off Mad Cow-Like Disease Epidemic in the USA
  January 7, 1999: US 'Mad Cow' Legal Action
  12,18 - Nutritional Supplements Made from Elk Antlers Could Be Spreading a Mad-Cow Like Disease to Humans
  10,31 - Mad Deer Disease Spreads in US--Hunters Are in Danger
  7,13:Mad Deer Disease in Wisconsin?
  May 23, 2000: New York Times Reports Colorado "Mad Deer Disease" Can Spread to Humans
  May 8, 2000: Mad Deer Epidemic in Western US Poses Human Health Threat
  January 2000: Are Mad Cow-Like Diseases Developing in the USA?
  December 12, 1999: Mad Deer and Elk Disease in New England Spooks Hunters and Health Officials
  October 1999: Mad Deer Disease Spreads Across the USA--Hunters Are Starting to Worry
  April 1999: Cow slaughter method still splatters (possibly infectious) brains into other body parts.
  January 19, 1999: Mad Deer Disease and CJD in Humans

Mad-Cow.org Archives 1996-2001