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Idaho Cattle Industry Looks Beefy
Will “Mad Cow” Case Affect Idaho?
The first confirmed case of mad cow disease in the U.S. in six years has shown up in California. Officials are still investigating how the dairy cow contracted the disease. The government is stressing there is no threat to human health because no meat from the animal was ever headed for the food supply. The cow was already dead and since it was a dairy cow, the infected animal does not pose a health hazard according to the government. Scientists say milk does not transmit the disease. It only hurts humans when an infected animal’s meat is eaten.
Idaho Court Upholds Conviction Of Shoshone Woman
(AP) An appellate court has upheld the conviction of a southern Idaho woman serving seven years in prison for stealing cattle. The Idaho Court of Appeals issued a ruling Tuesday in the case of Traci Hadden, who says her trial should have been moved from Lincoln County due to the publicity surrounding her in a separate case, where she was charged with plotting to kill her former father-in-law



