Also, a slight correction of a huge misconception. A Triefah does not mean that it will die within a year. A Treifah is very specifically defined as a creature with one of the specific issues mentioned in the third Perek of Chullin. Someone with cancer with 2 days to live is not a Treifah. Someone with a needle in their lung is a Treifah even if they live with it for 20 years. The modern issue is not “if a Treifah can live for more than a year is not a Treifah?”. Rather, the issue is “if we can cure the Treifah (sew up the hole or give medicine so that the body can do that itself) does the animal no longer remain a Treifah?”.
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