Numbers of cattle dropped precipitously in the 80's and 90's. it was not profitable to raise beef during this time frame for most producers, especially feedlot operators. besides the influence of declined consumer demand, why else did numbers of cattle dropped in the 80's

a) hostility to or prejudice against jews.

b) the holocaust, also referred to as the shoah, was a genocide during world war ii in which nazi germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered approximately 6 million european jews             , around two-thirds of the jewish population of europe, between 1941 and 1945.