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Just heard. Talk about a "heart sinking moment".
My deepest sympathies to all those affected and to those who keep stock who must be sick with worry right now.
Red
My deepest sympathies to all those affected and to those who keep stock who must be sick with worry right now.
Red
Didn't see this post Red or I posted first in other chatter. Either way bad news indeed. They're talking about it now on Radio 5 Live if anyone's interested 
I'm thinking about having a bit of a cry as it goes.
My family were in the thick of it last time, some fantastic bloodlines lost and I remember loading up new born lambs to be slaughtered on Good Friday.
My family were in the thick of it last time, some fantastic bloodlines lost and I remember loading up new born lambs to be slaughtered on Good Friday.
Lurch mate, I hope beyond hope that your family is unaffected this time. I have know people who have had their farms devasted by F&M and in other ways. Its absolutely heartbreaking.
Our thoughts are with you my friend
Red
Our thoughts are with you my friend
Red
I hope the government makes a better job of things than last time, this time the armed forces aren't there to bail them out.
Anyone got any links to information?
Is it localised to one area and are there areas being quarantined?
Is it localised to one area and are there areas being quarantined?
Doesn't make for very promising reading
This quote just about sums it up - ''The outbreak is not the problem - it's the reaction (and response) to it that matters''. Quite true.
Incidentally, have you noticed that senior MP's always have to mention that they were on holiday whenever this kind of thing occurs? Why? It's not about them. They make a big deal out of letting us know that they came home early or cancelled their holiday just to sort things out.
Do they not realise this is not about the great sacrifice they've made and how great they are in cancelling their holiday - it's about continuing the British way of life with the minimum of disruption and stopping the spread of infection before it totally cripples the farming community. We don't care who was responsible or how many croquet games they cancelled to 'help out' - for God sake just get it done.
Admittedly that does seem to be what they're doing this time, rather than pleading ignorance and hoping the problem goes away. Let's just hope it goes a bit better than last time, and countless thousands of animals aren't needlessly killed.
This quote just about sums it up - ''The outbreak is not the problem - it's the reaction (and response) to it that matters''. Quite true.
Incidentally, have you noticed that senior MP's always have to mention that they were on holiday whenever this kind of thing occurs? Why? It's not about them. They make a big deal out of letting us know that they came home early or cancelled their holiday just to sort things out.
Do they not realise this is not about the great sacrifice they've made and how great they are in cancelling their holiday - it's about continuing the British way of life with the minimum of disruption and stopping the spread of infection before it totally cripples the farming community. We don't care who was responsible or how many croquet games they cancelled to 'help out' - for God sake just get it done.
Admittedly that does seem to be what they're doing this time, rather than pleading ignorance and hoping the problem goes away. Let's just hope it goes a bit better than last time, and countless thousands of animals aren't needlessly killed.
Doesn't make for very promising reading
This quote just about sums it up - ''The outbreak is not the problem - it's the reaction (and response) to it that matters''. Quite true.
Incidentally, have you noticed that senior MP's always have to mention that they were on holiday whenever this kind of thing occurs? Why? It's not about them. They make a big deal out of letting us know that they came home early or cancelled their holiday just to sort things out.
Do they not realise this is not about the great sacrifice they've made and how great they are in cancelling their holiday - it's about continuing the British way of life with the minimum of disruption and stopping the spread of infection before it totally cripples the farming community. We don't care who was responsible or how many croquet games they cancelled to 'help out' - for God sake just get it done.
Admittedly that does seem to be what they're doing this time, rather than pleading ignorance and hoping the problem goes away. Let's just hope it goes a bit better than last time, and countless thousands of animals aren't needlessly killed.
To be fair to the MP's it's the press that have reported that they're cutting their holidays short, and also to be fair they probably thought it prudent (the MP's) to announce this as early as possible before the cries of where's the PM ?........on chuffing holiday !!!! cries go up. They're damned if they do and damned if they don't.
My first and utmost thoughts are with the farmers and their livelihoods and my second is all the prohibited access to all the countryside. Listening to the radio it seems that the immediate actions have been far better than last time with total ban on moving animals for the time being so lets hope it gets contained, and everything gets back to normal soon and above all it's not a massive outbreak like 2001
The F & M outbreak was the last Op I was on before leaving the Army, I had to drive a liason officer to various farms throughout Wales which were infected and I witnessed alot of the upset and anguish not to mention frustration that the farmers were going through.
It was if I'm honest a horrible time, an one operation that I didn't enjoy at all. Seeing those poor animals being slaughtered on a daily basis was quite haunting and I feel for anyone who has to go through this again.
It was if I'm honest a horrible time, an one operation that I didn't enjoy at all. Seeing those poor animals being slaughtered on a daily basis was quite haunting and I feel for anyone who has to go through this again.
Oh God not again I just hope this is going to be contained better than the last disaster was. Perhaps officialdom has "learned the lessons" and it won't happen again to the same disastrous scale.
I just hope this is going to be contained better than the last disaster was. Perhaps officialdom has "learned the lessons" and it won't happen again to the same disastrous scale.I just hope it hasnt spread already before any one did realise there was a case. I really, really hope that its not something that officialdom has known about for a while and tried to keep quiet and only gone public because they realised another crisis is about to happen Perhaps I'm cynical but anything seems possble nowadays. I dread to think what effect's this could have on the farming economy if it isnt contained ruthlessly.
Perhaps I'm cynical but anything seems possble nowadays. I dread to think what effect's this could have on the farming economy if it isnt contained ruthlessly.Similar threads
