WHEN DOWNERS ARE OUTLAWED, ONLY OUTLAWS WILL TAKE DOWNERS

See, here's what I don't understand. In an article entitled, "Ban on sale of 'downer' cattle may bring own hazard," a frequently-cited problem is raised: "This (detection) never would have happened if the farmer in question would have shut up, shot the animal and buried it," said John McBride, director of information for the national network of livestock auction houses. So... we should avoid a system of greater scrutiny because that will make ranchers more duplicitous? More laws will just drive them to break the law more often? Um, I guess no one else has said this, but, gee, shouldn't such wanton, venal, anti-social destruction of evidence be A FELONY? Why do we let animal industries get away with utter garbage like this? No really, I want to know.