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Mad Sheep

Living on Earth
August 14, 2013

    In 2001, the USDA seized and slaughtered a flock of sheep that belonged to a Vermont farming family. The government thought the sheep might be infected with a strain of Mad Cow Disease, but the Faillace family accused the USDA of shoddy science. Linda Faillace wrote a book about her family’s experience and shares her story with Living on Earth’s Steve Curwood.

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