To: BOB LOTSPEICH
Subject: "Mad Cow" Disease
BL> SP> safe from Canadian sources, PROVIDED you think the companies are
BL> SP> reliable. And I've myself often wondered if some of the pit bull
BL> SP> frenzy is an early sign of prion disease. Not that I shall ever own a
BL> SP> pit bull. :-)
BL>Then you are saying that the disease is carried in the sheep heads,
BL>and not throughout the body?  Interesting...
  The prions are attracted to, and apparently multiply in the brain
  tissue. But we know so little about them that there are bound to be
  surprising discoveries on the horizon. So far, these prions are
  among the first group of mammalian proteins that require neither DNA
  nor RNA to propagate. Seemingly, they are impossibilities.
BL>I think the pit bull frenzy is a case of "mad owner" disease. Most
BL>reported cases around here are due to their owners training them to be
BL>overly agressive (even though pit bulls are natural fighters, to a
 Other than those pit bulls raised by drug dealers and attention-seekers
  with outsize egos, the animals have proven so erratic and dangerous
  that several nearby cities have banned them or otherwise restricted
  their ownership. The breed is definitely not stable enough for
  household pets. Yet they are the main ones that ferociously attack
  small children for no apparent reason.
BL>give-away ads just so they can get new victims to train their pits.
BL>Really disgusting behavior!  I can think of a lot of punishments for
BL>people who mistreat animals that way...
  Yeah, toss them in with a pack of strange pit bulls trained by people
  like themselves. :-)
                     ...Sandra...
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