Mad Cow Hit Eight States: Damien Hirst

Conceptual Art

How can one measly cow go so many places??

News: Meat from a Holstein sick with mad cow disease could have reached retail markets in eight US states and Guam.

Investigators have determined that some of the meat from the diseased dairy cow slaughtered on December 9 in Washington state could have gone to Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana and Guam. Earlier, officials had said most of the meat went to Washington and Oregon, with lesser amounts to California and Nevada, for distribution to consumers.

This man is prophetic:

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(This is an art piece of two cows sliced into pieces and placed in glass boxes.)

Damien Hirst
Some Comfort Gained from the Acceptance of Inherent Lies in Everything,1996
Steel, glass, cows, formaldehyde, 12 tanks