From: Ron Landskroner [npauthor@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 8:57 PM
To: FDADockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: No Downers

To Whom It May Concern:

I am writing to urge you to grant petition 98P-0151/CP1, prohibiting the slaughter of so-called downed animals. My reasons for taking this position are:

1) besides posing an increased risk for bacterial infection, some of these animals may also be afflicted with a strain of BSE;

2) it is not possible to moved these poor creatures humanely;

3) since they make up only a small percentage of slaughtered animals, such prohibition will have minimal financial impact;

4) improved care and handling can easily prevent occurrence of such incidences and will have the added benefit of providing a disincentive for such cruel and unnecessary treatment in the future.

Thank you for the time and consideration.

Ron Landskroner
4231 Montgomery Street
Apt 106
Oakland, CA 94611