Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / January 2006

Ladd, who has 10 1/2 miles of land abutting the Mexican line, is
standing at a spot known as Gringo Draw. Floodwaters washed through
here last summer, taking out a 100-foot-wide portion of the fence, and
that yawning gap is still there. But there are many others. In a
one-mile span, we counted 12 fence breaks along Ladd's borderland
through which Mexican cattle can wander onto his property, mingling
with his own stock.

The problem? If these intruder livestock happen to be diseased, they
could infect his herd and ruin him. In fact, Ladd believes that
disaster will befall him eventually.

"I'm 50, and in my lifetime, I expect that something is going to cross
the line disease-wise that puts me out of business unless somebody does
something," says Ladd, a former assistant football coach at Bisbee High
School. "I know that's a pretty radical opinion. But a guy can come
from South America and in 24 hours be at my fence. And foot-and-mouth
disease is in South America. I've complained to everybody, but nobody
does anything. It's really alarming."

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