The cull widens as the contagion grows

Article Abstract:

Measures to contain the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK are discussed. The source of the outbreak is believed to be a pig fattening unit at Heddon-on-the-Wall, England.

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Tears and a terrible sense of loss - then guilt as wheels of bureaucracy drag neighbours into cull

Article Abstract:

The impact of the UK government's decision to order the slaughter of healthy pigs and sheep on farms in Cumbria, England, in an effort to wipe out foot-and-mouth disease is discussed.

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Lake District farmers plead for native sheep to be saved from cull as disease strikes in the fells

Article Abstract:

Farmers in Cumbria, England, are calling for Herdwick sheep, of which there are 750,000, to be exempted from the cull of livestock taking place in an attempt to eliminate foot-and-mouth disease.

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