‘Mad Cow’ Disease

About the “mad cow” disease panic that’s spreading throughout Europe (Nov. 26): Cows aren’t meant to eat animal parts; they’re vegetarians! Who wants to dine on beef that has been fed animal parts? If all it takes to prevent this horrible disease from spreading is to stop feeding animals food they were never meant to consume in the first place, then why is anyone hesitating? Let the cows eat grass and hay and corn, and we can all rest easy where Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is concerned. It really seems like a no-brainer (pun intended), doesn’t it?

JIM HOUGHTON

Encino