Foot and Mouth Disease

Aug 03, 2007 22:34

A new outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease has occurred, and it happens to be where I live :( Especially after the losses from farmers caused by the floods (causing a rise in food prices), this is REALLY not needed. All the farmer's animals will have to be slaughtered, and there is an exclusion zone around the area. If it is anything like last time, we have a tough few months ahead of us. The annoying thing though is that although the outbreak is on a farm near us, the reports on the news do not specify where it is, and therefore we do not know where the exclusion zone is!

*EDIT* I've just realised that we're meant to be going to a Swiss Sheepfarm for our holiday. I hope we can still go!

rl

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