"Commodore Joe Redcloud©" wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:26:41 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Gordon" wrote in message
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Why is it a good thing to eat wild commercially caught salmon and a bad
thing to eat farmed salmon?
Here in Washington State, we spend millions to enhance streams, reverse
erosion, stop cows from peeing in creeks, etc to save dwindling stocks
of
wild salmon and at the same time, conservationists tell us to eat wild
fish
only! What the ^%$&?

One reason might be one which is supposedly being dealt with: Any time
animals are kept in more crowded conditions than is natural for them,
disease spreads more quickly. I've read that there were (may still be?)
issues with diseased fish escaping farm operations in large enough numbers
to have an adverse effect on local wild populations.

The diseased fish that don't escape get served for dinner, along with
the healthy ones which have been pumped full of steroids, growth
hormones and anti-biotics. They also get fed pellets made with mad cow
infected beef.

Mmmm... Tasty!


Commodore Joe Redcloud©

On a related note, I read recently that mad cow disease has been found in
deer and elk out west. I don't recall the means of infection, but it was
very simple. Happy hunting. Time to become vegetarians soon.