04/08/2007
Cattle at a farm in Surrey have been found to be infected with foot-and-mouth disease. Some 60 animals on the farm near Guildford have tested positive for the disease which wreaked havoc in 2001. A 3km protection zone has been put in place around the premises and a UK ban imposed on movement of all livestock.
Gordon Brown has cancelled his holiday in Dorset and taken part in a meeting of the government's Cobra emergency committee by telephone about the issue. Meanwhile, our government â aka the EU commission â has been informed.
Last time
it happened, it took
a very large chunk out of
my life, and I am not sure I could cope again with the stress and trauma that I witnessed then. It was one of the most disgraceful episodes of governmental mismanagement that I have ever witnessed.
We pray that this is an isolated outbreak.
For the latest information,
this is the site to watch.
COMMENT THREAD