I guess I don't get something important here. I've read the original thread, and the blickied articles, but I can't help but keep wondering what the big deal is with this disease, it doesn't transmit to humans (which is the strongest governmental fear usually) - it seems only to make the animals uncomfortable. Why does that mean that they should all die? I'm not meaning to belittle, I just don't understand why the terrible fear of a disease that doesn't even kill the perissodactyls (I think that's the cloven-hoofed one, the other is artiodactyl) let alone the humans who eat the meat? I can understand the fear of BSE, who wants their brains turning into sponges, but blisters on the nipples? For this millions of animals must be destroyed, and the human endeavors right along with it? Is it really just that it's cheaper to kill them all than to take care of them while they're sick? And, no, I don't mean that we shouldn't worry about anything that doesn't directly affect us humans, I'm just wondering whom the governments are trying to protect, since usually their job is to protect (their) humans.