Jiglu: Farmtalking: Discussion: Re: RE: I COULD HAVE STOPPED FMD

Originally from: PoppaC

Hi All,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3539485.stm
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A National Farmers Union spokeswoman said the NFU would not be considering whether to renew its call for compensation until it had seen the report. <end_snip>

With all the controversy regarding compensation payouts and Defra's stalling tactics, I wonder if this released statement by Dring has something to do with government deflecting responsibility. They are capable of such subterfuge!

Hoo Roo

Norm

Author wrote:
http://farmtalking.org/news-waugh-9&10.htm
Under oath:
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Mr Waugh was asked how he believed the disease got into his herd and replied, "I don't know but its been in the sheep for a long time. I'd burned some sheep in my farm just prior to this that belonged to a friend of Mr Leadbitter."
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BTW where was Dring? Did he only check Waugh's pigs and not his sheep?
http://www.faringdon.org.uk/WARMWELL/inbox.html
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Tonight I talked to a friend who farms in the Borders and who has dealt with the Waugh's over the years. He says while they are rather chaotic, they are not ill intentioned and are most definitely not responsible for initiating the outbreak. They do feed swill, but so does a neighbouring farm, and they do so from the same supplier. However only the Waugh's farm got the disease, the other was killed out as a Dangerous Contact.....................(another)IF the source of the outbreak was a pig farm in Northumberland , then WHY was it that the North East of England , the East of Scotland , and the East of England were not the areas decimated . IF as the Authorities claim , there was a delay in the onset of the disease being reported , then with the ability of pigs to produce incredible columns of virus these areas should have been those hit first and hardest . IF the source was a pig farm , why does this form of the virus attack sheep first , cattle second , and pigs last .
June 2 2001
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Hoo Roo
Norm
Author wrote:
The notion that FMD originated at Bobby Waugh's farm is TOTAL NONESENSE.
Every indication is that FMD had been around for some months reached Bobby
Waugh's place in bones and offal he obtained from Cheale Meats to feed to his
pigs.
Large quantities of larger bones that the pigs were unable to consume were
being burned and it was the stench from burning bones that had caused Waugh's
place to be monitored by Morpeth Environmental Health since July 2000.
If you remember Bobby was adamant FMD hadn't come from the Chinese
restaurant, presumably because he knew full well where it had come from.
Bill.