Hoof and Mouth - attn Brits

[Dai Evans]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., hamster8 at h... wrote:
> Foot and mouth is no worse for animals than a bad cold for humans.  
> They recover after about two weeks.  If we just sit tight and let 
it 
> blow over, it'll be fine.  The problem is that having had f&m, milk 
> and meat yields from affected herds decline dramatically.  The 
reason 
> we are slaughtering all our livestock is therefore primarily 
> economic.  

I cannot believe that they are burning thousands of cattle, pigs and 
sheep just because it reduces yeilds.

Choice A: Let the animal ride out the desease and have less yeild 
afterwards.

or

Choice B: Kill and Burn the animal and have no yeild from it 
whatsoever. While severely depleating UK animal stocks, causing 
widespread panic, huge financial costs on the state in form of 
compensation etc, have mainland Europe and the rest of the world ban 
british meat exports, cause britain to buy in meat from overseas at 
greater cost etc.

There is no way in hell that it can be more economical to devastate 
an industry rather than tend to a few ill cattle with cough mixture.



Dai