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A Vermont farmer and her daughter look back at the USDA seize of the family’s flock of sheep. The government believes the imported sheep posed risk of Mad Cow Disease.
In 2001, the USDA seized and slaughtered a flock of sheep that belonged to a Vermont farming family. The government thought the sheep might be infected with a strain of Mad Cow Disease, but the Faillace family accused the USDA of shoddy science. Linda Faillace wrote a book about her family’s experience and shares her story with Living on Earth’s Steve Curwood.