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Foot and Mouth Outbreak -
WEEK 10
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Some Facts
- The worst outbreak so far was in 1967 when 400,000 animals were slaughtered.
- In 1981 a single case occurred on the Isle of Wight.
- Since 1982 Britain has been classified as free of the disease.
- The total number of confirmed cases in the UK has reached 1.928 cases.
3,656,000 animals have been slaughtered.
38,000 awaiting slaughter
21,000 awaiting disposal
Day 66 - April 27
A survey of farmers with confirmed outbreaks of foot and mouth disease gives the first indication of how the epidemic might affect the rural landscape. The study for the industry magazine, Farmers Weekly, suggests that more than a third of farmers are planning to scale down their businesses, while some intend to give up altogether.
Meanwhile the environmental group, the WWF, calls for urgent measures to help transform the countryside. It says that three quarters of the money spent by the UK on the Common Agriculture Policy should be invested in the rural economy as a whole, not just on agriculture.
Day 65 - April 26
The Government prepared to scale down its policy of
culling livestock affected by Foot and Mouth. Reports suggested that
animals on premises next to infected farms would no longer have to be
slaughtered.
The "refinement" in policy - as it was being called -meant a reprieve for the 12-day-old calf, Phoenix, whose plight had been highlighted by the media. The regional director of the National Farmers' Union in the south-west, Anthony Gibson, welcomed any refining of the culling policy which he said had been a very blunt instrument. He acknowledged that it had worked - but at a very high cost
Back to Foot and Mouth Index
LINKS
- news.bbc.co.uk
- www.defra.gov.uk
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