We strongly suggest additional research if you find a subject below interesting. They are publicly available on the Internet. In the manic scenario which is the European Union today, the news that Mad Cat Disease officially exists does not surprise anyone. These cases were almost certainly due to owners feeding cats with tinned pet food, which was made using parts of cows that were infected. These figures were confirmed by Rikke Hoff-Joergensen, who works for a Danish serology institute, providing studies for the pet food company, Arovit Petfood, which has seen its sales of tinned dog and cat food slump recently.
Fears are now that dogs are at risk.
Germany has announced that it is to kill 400,000 cows by March as the EU figures total 2 million animals to be slaughtered. The cost is so high that Franz Fischer, the European Commissioner for Agriculture, stated this week that the EU has no funds to finance the slaughter and compensation to beef farmers. So serious is this crisis, says Herr Fischer, that the Mad Cow crisis could have negative effects on the Euro. He stated that the EU is to approve an additional 971,000,000 Euros to its original budget to help cope with the effects of BSE on the European beef market. The scenario is complete for some play of the absurd.