The whole reason this is newsworthy is that the system we had prior to eradication was not good.

Yes, obviously; but it’s not the end of the cattle industry as some make it out to be.

To clarify: it was never eradicated. It’s been actively managed and kept at bay. Now it’s punching through some holes.

Because we stopped doing the thing that works. Your earlier point, that we can just as easily return to herd management strategies, was wrong.

	▲	mc32 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		What did we stop doing? The sterilization program is ongoing. There are always periodic outbreaks in Central America and Mexico. The current one started in 2023. One common vector is illegal cattle trafficking.