On 11 Nov 2004 17:31:06 -0600, Jim Smith
wrote:

writes:

Dear Jim,

I think that you have:

a) missed the point of how the hippos died
b) misread the warning

Bon appetit!

[snip]

d) How are you interpreting:
"we have told people not to panic and stop eating hippo meat"

[snip]

Dear Jim,

If you read the brief article, you'll be reassured that the
head game warden of Queen Elizabeth National Park was not
urging everyone to keep calm while gobbling anthrax-tainted
hippo meat:

"Scientists say they are struggling to develop a way to
diagnose the disease quickly and contain it."

"The rest of the park's cattle is being vaccinated and
people have been warned to stop eating hippo meat."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^

"'We are vaccinating the livestock around the park or those
in close proximity,' John Bosco Nuwe, the park's chief
warden, told the Associated Press news agency."

"'We're telling people not to panic and stop eating hippo
meat.'"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3996067.stm

If you're still bent on eating the carcasses of animals that
have died of anthrax, here's another warning from another
anthrax outbreak in another part of Africa:

"About 40 head of cattle, 56 buffaloes and four mountain
zebras have died since the outbreak of anthrax last month."

"Several scavengers such as jackals and hyenas are also
believed to have died."

"Some people were admitted to hospital after eating the
carcasses of animals that died of the disease."

http://allafrica.com/stories/200411110017.html

Unlike the scavengers, the people were treated, and it
sounds as if they survived.

Carl Fogel