More Pigswill.
2001.04.03

It's beginning to look like a farmer, Bobby Waugh, is going to take the blame for this in the end. In fact, what with all Hillside Animal Sanctuary's claimed record of "complaints" going back to last year, against Bobby, even though they tell us they only looked at his farm "from the road" mind you, one might begin to suspect that Mr. Waugh has been something of a target, perhaps even ultimately a scapegoat, all along. 

Now we are to believe that Mr. Waugh, a licensed swill processor, started this entire fiasco by failing to properly boil Chinese restaurant leftovers contaminated with smuggled meat! Meat found and identified a considerable time after the eventual announcement of F&M on Mr. Waugh's farm. Are we to punish Mr. Waugh for improper boiling, ban farmers from supplementing the feed budget with licensed processed swill, look suspiciously upon Chinese restaurants, sacrifice half of Britain's livestock in a frenzied bloodbath, a hysterical cover-up and completely forget about the “possibility” of a missing phial of F&M virus? 

One would hope that the investigators clever enough to find a hidden stash of meat that they should not have known existed, would also be clever enough to at least be searching for a phial of deadly virus thought to be missing. Silence on that subject. We would also hope that in this era of rampant eco-terrorism and silent industrial sabotage, the authorities might at least be looking into all parties who might somehow advance their agendas with a phial of pathogen capable of exterminating Britain's livestock, its farms and its livestock industry. Silence again. 

One might ask, what did Bobby Waugh ever really do to deserve all this infamy except be a British farmer? A British farmer forced by the ridiculous Common Agricultural Policy of the EU to jump through more hoops than a circus lion and to produce animals which by the time they reach the plate are better traveled than many of those who eat them.

Apparently Hillside Animal Sanctuary decided he looked like quite a criminal farmer in their view "from the road," as their claimed record of "complaints" against him since last year clearly shows. Likely they've decided he's a very evil farmer with the sort of "cruel farm methods" they and the entire spectrum of animal rights extremists "campaign" against. This having been claimed as a result of “never having been to the farm” though admitting that they ONCE viewed the farm from the road!

Now, much to animal ‘sympathisers’ delight (and who knows who else's) they claim the proof! Or do they? 

Where is that missing phial of instant F&M epidemic that has NEVER been denied? 

Who knows? All we have been told about is a sorry and implausible tale of vile pigswill. 

To support The Government’s story we have had ghastly pictures of dripping meat purporting to be illegally imported into Britain from far away lands as luggage, by airline passengers. We are told tons of it are imported illegally every year.

What do customs do all day, one must ask. Night clubs are awash with drugs, firearms crimes with illegally imported firearms are burgeoning now that firearms have been vilified in the hands of the law abiding. The price of street drugs is lower now than years ago because of the amount illegally imported. Bogus/illegal asylum seekers come in by the truck load and in specially designed racks under trains.

Well, what do customs do all day?

If this outbreak, implausible as it may be, was created by illegally imported meat then there is only ONE person to blame THE GOVERNMENT why are they not funding Customs properly to protect Britain, our people and our animals. It is astonishingly easy to train dogs to smell meat!! & it would seem from the photographs that even Inspector Clueso could follow the trail of dripping blood right to the alleged smuggler.

I can not see that anyone other than The Government is to blame if it was due to:

1)	A missing phial of F&M virus from Pirbright or some other Laboratory – The Government IS to blame, it is their duty to ensure the security is in place to prevent such a loss.

2)	Illegally imported meat – The Government IS to blame, it is their duty to ensure that customs have adequate funding to prevent such imports.

3)	If it was infected meat – The Government IS to blame for failing to ensure the health and safety aspects of restaurants.

4)	If as many believe the F&M outbreak has been spreading for months as most informed individual believe – The Government IS to blame it is their duty to ensure that such an occurrence is spotted rapidly.

5)	If F&M has been known for some time, as all the evidence would show – The Government IS to blame for the pandemic spread of F&M right across Britain.

6)	If F&M is being totally mishandled, as most informed individuals and organisations not in the pay of the Government advise or think – The Government IS to blame for the eventual consequences and the needles slaughter and pollution of our land not to mention the destruction of the British livestock industry.

THE GOVERNMENT IS TOTALLY AND SOLELY TO BLAME

There is NO prevarication on this certainty on ALL COUNTS.

Now perhaps The Government might care to be honest – just for once and admit none of this would have come about had it not been for their totally incompetent handling of this issue.

The disaster would have been far less likely if Britain was NOT being ruled by the EU. To pay out £1,800,000 per HOUR to be a member of the EU is lunacy beyond belief – contributing no doubt to the shortage of money available to The British Government to fund amongst other things Customs and Public Health.

For Britain to have to cow toe to Foreign laws on how we react to F&M is lunacy just as it is to be ruled by a foreign power on how we dispose of bodies, whether or not we vaccinate and all else besides – this can only lead to vacillation and dubious decisions and to surrender control of ones own borders to a foreign power is stultifying stupid.

The Government IS Solely Responsible for the massive damage to the tourism industry.

The Government IS Solely Responsible for the immeasurable damage to Chinese Restaurants.

The Government IS Solely Responsible for the incredible damage
To British agriculture.

The Government IS Solely Responsible for the as yet uncountable jobs that have been destroyed.

The Government IS Solely Responsible for the absolutely inhuman slaughter of animals which will run to MILLIONS.

The Government IS Solely Responsible for the destruction of a very British way of life.

The Government IS Solely Responsible for the FACT that for the foreseeable future Britain will be forced to import huge quantities of meat just to feed our peoples.

The Government IS Solely Responsible for the killing of streams, rivers and land which is inevitable from the leachate of disinfectant, rotting carcasses and quick lime.

The Government IS Solely Responsible the argument is indisputable on which ever count you wish to make. 

The Government IS Solely Responsible and must take the only honourable action and resign – not to stand for re-election but to await the outcome of an independent inquiry and possible trial for negligence, incompetence and criminal stupidity

Greg Lance – Watkins
Greg@GlanceBack.Demon.co.UK

(from The Guardian Unlimited)

Brown proposes pigswill ban! 

Outbreak pinned to Heddon-on-the-Wall Suggested ban on swill feeding Restrictions on herd movements Army to assist in slaughter

Special report: foot and mouth disease 

Staff and agencies
Tuesday March 27, 2001 

Illegal foreign meat meant for the Chinese restaurant industry may have contaminated pigswill and triggered the foot and mouth disease outbreak, the agriculture minister, Nick Brown, said tonight. 

Mr Brown told the Commons that he proposed to ban the use of pigswill as it seemed likely that an infected batch at a farm at Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland, may have caused the crisis, which has now spread to 669 premises. 

He said: "I am today proposing a ban on the use of swill feeding in this country. I have concluded that the potential risk of swill feeding, introducing disease to livestock farms where swill is not used, and to the wider community, is now greater than the benefits to the relatively small number of premises which continue to adopt this practice." 

Mr Brown acknowledged that the "unprecedented outbreak" had yet to reach its height. While he insisted the 24-hour period between diagnosis and slaughter was being rigorously pursued, he proposed further measures to tackle the spread. 

Mr Brown outlined tighter restrictions on the movement of cattle, sheep and pigs to prevent any future outbreaks reaching such a large scale. He announced two consultation documents, one on banning pigswill and the other on a standstill of cattle movement for 20 days. 

The agriculture minister added that consultations were continuing about the possibility of using vaccinations and preparation was being done, "so that it can be done immediately if we conclude it is the right course". 

A container of suspect meat clearly labeled for a Chinese restaurant was reportedly found hidden inside a load of household goods after confirmation of the case in Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland. 

The pig farmer at the centre of the crisis Bobby Waugh, who runs the Heddon-on-the-Wall farm said earlier today that the government was creating a "smokescreen" by suggesting swill could be behind the current crisis. 

Speaking from his home in Sunderland, Mr Waugh, 55, who has a current Ministry of Agriculture license to collect and process swill, said: "I am not responsible for this, despite suggestions of being the source, and have not even had any contact from Maff or Northumberland County Council regarding it." 

To qualify for the pigswill license farmers have to own processing equipment and boil swill for four hours at 93C to kill bacteria. 
Mr Brown said 697,500 animals had been authorised for slaughter and that 423,000 had already been culled. 

As the crisis continued to escalate, the Army said it was preparing to assist in the mass slaughter of healthy animals at burial sites in Cumbria, Dumfries and Anglesey. Mr Brown said that 780 soldiers were now helping fight the crisis. He said: "Their role is to assist in the disposal policies and their presence helps us free up our veterinary officers." 

Meanwhile, the Northern Ireland livestock industry was today given the green light to resume exports to Europe after being granted regional status, the Province's agriculture minister, Mrs Brid Rodgers, announced. 

What's going on?
Full list: outbreaks 
Full list: closed & cancelled
Causes and effects
The issue explained

The front line
20.03.2001: Looking forward to Easter, nervously
06.03.2001: Meet our panel
What is the situation on the ground? Read the first of a series of regular interviews with people affected by the crisis. 

Related articles
27.03.2001: The killing fields of Cumbria 
27.03.2001: Lakeland breed faces extinction 
27.03.2001: Brown to blame trading in sheep 
27.03.2001, comment: Mass grave highlights dimensions of a nightmare running out of control
27.03.2001, Matthew Engel: Fiddling facts while we burn 

Interactive guides
How the virus spread across Britain
The countryside in crisis 

More on the countryside in crisis
27.03.2001: Hard times 

From the Guardian archive: foot and mouth in 1967
28.11.1967, leader: indecision on foot and mouth
18.11.1967: 'Slaughter must seem a cruel remedy'
16.11.1967: Foot and mouth may cost agriculture more than £12m
11.11.1967: Emigrant flights to Australia stopped by foot and mouth
01.11.1967: It is cheaper to kill than to prevent cattle disease 

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Map: The spread of the disease (week 4)
Map of confirmed cases so far
Computerised image of the virus

Cartoon
Steve Bell on Hague going over the top
Steve Bell on Hague, Blair and foot & mouth 

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The story in pictures 

Talk about it
What do you think? 

Special reports
What's wrong with our food?
BSE
Countryside in crisis 

NetNotes
Pigs - the story in links 

Useful links
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Maff information and factsheets
EU legislation on the disease
National Farmers' Union
Meat and livestock commission
National Pig Association
World organisation for animal health: foot and mouth disease
Advice for horse owners - Equine World 
The Ramblers Association< BR>The Institute of the Public Rights of Way 
The Forestry Commission 
The Association of National Park Authorities 

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