Cattle Slaughtered At Surrey Farm After Foot-and-mouth Confirmed, England
Cattle Slaughtered At Surrey Farm After Foot-and-mouth Confirmed, England
After a herd tested positive to foot-and-mouth disease at Beaumont College Farm, Old Windsor, Surrey/Berkshire border, England, forty cattle have been destroyed. This outbreak is within the previous 3 kilometer protection zone set up after previous cases in the area - this new case is the fourth within the last fortnight. According to Defra (Department of the Environment Food and Rural Affaris), this now becomes the sixth infected premises since August 3rd 2007. [click link for full article]
sick ferret
Hi everyone- Just wanted to let you know that before I got home from work tonight my ferret “Bandit” died. I was up at 4 am this morning and just sat and held
Official’s heroic tale was fiction (Los Angeles Times)
A Southland water board member is charged with a crime for saying he had received the Medal of Honor. Xavier Alvarez, the newest director of Three Valleys Municipal Water District in Claremont, had a personal story so harrowing he came to be known as the “Rambo” of the water board.