the spread of drug-resistant TB & how it relates to elephants

Humans inject elephants with human strain of TB. Humans can't even tell if an elephant has TB until it's dead. TB in elephants is spreading. There is a drug-resistant strain of TB spreading around the world. Where do some of us encounter elephants? At the circus. Is anyone talking about this in the major media?

"I was in my kitchen listening to the radio when the headline made me drop both my mouth and the pre-packaged meal in my hand: "The World Health Organization said today there is concern that a new form of drug resistant tuberculosis is spreading across the country and the world.""


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leslie-griffith/idiocracy-why-the-media-_b_6954...


"Just last month, elephant experts from around the world meeting in Kathmandu said Nepal's dwindling endangered Asian elephants are facing danger from tuberculosis, and in Mumbai, owners of Asian elephants without a valid certificate will be asked to remove the animals from the city, in part because of transmission of tuberculosis.

"Here in the United States, scientist Don Francis says that 'perhaps the circus should use informed consent - something saying the elephants may have TB, before you enter an arena and potentially expose your kids.' The public deserves a disclaimer warning those who want to be entertained by these exotic creatures so susceptible to tuberculosis to 'enter at your own risk.'"


http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091207J.shtml
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