Your March 16 editorial: Go shoot a steer instead, is way off the mark. The proposed Livestock Diversity Amendment Act is worthy of our support.
We live in an age of obesity and hormonal disruption. You can blame at least part of that on the widespread practice of feeding cattle hormones and antibiotics. And recently a spokesman for the chicken industry admitted that antibiotics are routinely fed to chickens, not necessarily to combat disease, but to prevent it! No wonder we are becoming increasingly susceptible to superbugs. more
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