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2007
Foot and Mouth Disease Links
You should first visit the UK
DEFRA web site for the lastest foot and mouth disease news, controls
and orders.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/footandmouth/
Don't forget almost everywhere in
the UK is business as usual, don't cancel your trips or holidays
to rural places. To find out more and book a holiday see,
Equiworld Horse News Index including
message board area - www.equiworld.com
2001 Links - Helpful Foot and
Mouth Disease Links
2001 - Rural
Facilities shut down,
access to lakes and sports facilities denied.
In 2001 Equiworld was flooded with
requests for information about how Foot and Mouth Disease affects
horses and ponies and how people can help stop its spread. Below
you will find links to sites with information and contact numbers
which people found useful. Many shows and events were cancelled,
even in areas not affected.
2001 Moors
closed down, rural businesses collasped,
many never recovered.
You should first visit the UK DEFRA web site for the lastest
news.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/footandmouth/
Foot and Mouth Advice From
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Guide
for Event Organisers.
Sporting Information
2001 - Infected areas cut through towns preventing
access to some businesses.
Footpaths, roads and parks closed in infected areas.
BEF Foot and Mouth Disease Guidelines
http://www.bef.co.uk/latestne.htm
The BHS Web Site. (See
infomation on horses)
http://www.bhs.org.uk/
The ABRS Web Site,
http://www.abrs.org/
The BEF Web Site,
http://www.bef.org.uk/
The NFU Web Site, (Press Releases)
http://www.nfu.org.uk/
BHTA - Events Notice Board,
http://www.bhta.co.uk/notice%20board/noticeboard.htm
The Pony Club - Foot and Mouth Information
http://www.ponyclub.co.uk/_pc/about/FootandMouth.htm
BSJA - Foot and Mouth Information
http://www.bsja.co.uk/BEF%20Foot%20and%20Mouth%20Strategy%20-%2027%20Feb%2001.html
British Dressage - Foot and Mouth Information
http://www.britishdressage.co.uk/
British Horse Racing Board - Foot and Mouth Information
http://www.bhb.co.uk/bhb/newsdisplay.html?URN=210
Cumbria - The Lake District - The Foot and Mouth Situation
http://www.visitcumbria.com
Heart of Britain.com
http://www.heartofbritain.com
Avis - The Institute for Animal Health
http://www.iah.bbsrc.ac.uk/info/3wvacc.htm
Sheepdrove Farm
http://www.Sheepdrove.com
Epynt-Disaster.co.uk
Truth or Fiction?
http://www.bullman.org
The Countryside Alliance
http://www.bfss.org.uk
The Soil Association
http:www.soilassociation.org
The Farmer's Weekly
http://www.fwi.co.uk
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
http://www.rspca.org.uk
Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution
http://www.rabi.org.uk
The Rural Development Organisation
http://www.ruralnet.org.uk
The Samaritans
http://www.samaritans.co.uk
The National Farmer's Union (NFU)
http://www.nfu.org.uk
NFU Countryside
http://www.nfucountryside.org.uk
Members of Parliament
http://www.locata.co.uk/commons
Scottish Parliament
http:www.scottish.parliament.uk
The British Veterinary Association
http://www.bva.co.uk
The Wholesome Food Association
http://www.wfa.org.uk
The Meat and Livestock Commission
http://www.mlc.org.uk
The National Pig Association
http://www.npa-uk.net
Farmers for Action
http://www.farmersforaction.co.uk
Barrier Matting
http://www.footandmouthprotectivematting.com
What are we swallowing?
http://www.whatareweswallowing.com
The Silent Majority
http://www.silentmajority.co.uk/index.html
The Smallholders Society
http://www.smallholders.org.uk
Action to aid the Tourist Industry
http://www.action-footandmouth.co.uk
Elm Farm Research Centre
http://www.efrc.com
2001 - Paths
closed on hills, moors and mountains.
If you are in an affected
area, you must follow all instructions of the officials,
and take note of signs. (Note, it may be a criminal offence to
remove, obscure, deface or tamper with official notices)
2001 - Park rangers exclude visitors,
those ignoring signs risked £5000 fines and jail.
27 February 2001
HORSES NOT AT RISK
The British Horse Society is being inundated with calls from worried
horse owners who have heard that horses would be slaughtered along
with livestock on any farm infected with foot and mouth. After
reports that officals had been slaughtering all livestock in infected
areas including dogs and horses.
Horses would NOT have to be slaughtered. They do not get
the disease, and they cannot ‘carry’ the disease in
the medical sense, though they can transmit it via their hooves,
just as humans can on their boots or cars do on their tyres. The
BHS want to reassure horse owners everywhere that horses on infected
farms would not have to be slaughtered. This has been confirmed
by Animal Health Officers at the Ministry of Agriculture. However,
they would probably have to be quarantined. The BHS is advising
horse owners not to hack out on bridleways, common land, or moorland,
and to stay away from roads in rural areas. Although the movement
order does not apply to horses, the BHS advises that horse owners
should not transport their horses anywhere, and is asking those
holding events to postpone them until the situation is more stable.
Links to Foot and Mouth News On
Equiworld
Movement
Announcement is a "Hollow Offer" if Farmers Have To
Pay (28 June)
Celebrity
Support Aims To Boost NFU's Crisis Fund (28 June)
Your
Riding Club Needs You! (28 June)
Equine
Welfare Centre Reopens to the Public (27 June)
Importation
of Horses From the UK - Latest from Department of Agriculture,
Food and Rural Development (22 June)
NFU
Welcomes Special Case For Controlled Animal Movements (21 June)
Armathwaite Hall Horse Trials The Latest
Victim Of Foot And Mouth Disease (12 June)
BHS
Calls For Bridleways To Be Opened (7 June)
"100
Days Of Hell", NFU On Foot And Mouth (30 May)
Al
Maktoum Endurance Cup Cancelled (29 May)
Federation
Equestre Internationale News -Update Foot and Mouth Disease (21
May)
Yorkshire
FMD Outbreak Shows Need For Continued Vigilance (21 May)
Department
simplifies rules for the Importation of Horses from the UK (15
May)
Leg
It In London For Farmers (15 May)
Ben
Gill Telling World Farmers' Leaders Of British FMD Plight (15
May)
Import
Of Horses From The United Kingdom (11 May)
NFU
Establishes Online Gateway To Political Candidates (10 May)
Some
Pressures To Be Eased Following NFU Calls (4 May)
Swill
Ban And Import Measures - Weapons In The Fight Against FMD (3
May)
Progress
But No Room For Complacency - NFU (3 May)
NFU
And NPA To Spell Out Welfare Concerns At Meeting With Baroness
Hayman (3 May)
Burghley Sponsored Ride Cancelled
(28 April)
NFU
Hits Out At Cuts In Welfare Compensation Rates (26 April)
Warning
To Motorists: More Horses On The Roads- BHS (25 April)
MAFF
Requests IACS Flexibility After NFU Representations (23 April)
Statement
given by Mark Wein, Director, Grandstand Media Ltd regarding the
Horse of the Year Show and the FMD Crisis (19 April)
Riding
Clubs Association Postpones Popular Two Day Festival (19 April)
Vaccination
Remains "A Massive Gamble" - NFU (19 April)
NFU
President Ben Gill To Have Further Meting With Chief Scientific
Advisor (19 April)
Action
Plan For Animals Applauded (18 April)
Ben
Gill To Meet Chief Scientific Advisor on Vaccination (18 April)
Series
Of Questions Put To Government On Vaccine By NFU (17 April)
Foot
and mouth costs farmers' markets £2.5 m (12 April)
NFU
Issues Three Golden Rules on Easter Countryside Visits (12 April)
Foot
and Mouth Takes Centre Stage at NFU Farm Tax Seminars (12 April)
Disease
Forecast Shows Painful Measures Are Working - NFU (11 April)
Plans
To Get Restricted Areas Moving Welcomed By NFU (11 April)
Public
Want Farmers To Get A Fair Share Of The Bottle (10 April)
Farm
Leaders Meet With Prime Minister (9 April)
NFU
President To Update Prime Minister on Foot and Mouth (9 April)
NFU
Success Should Ensure Farmers Can Stay In Touch (6 April)
Federation
Equestre Internationale News Flash 5 April
Federation of Veterinarians of Europe Issues
Statement on Foot and Mouth Disease (5 April)
Welfare
Scheme Cases Must Be Prioritised - NFU (5 April)
NFU
Says There Must Be No Let Up in the Fight Against Foot and Mouth
(4 April)
NFU
Urges Farmers to Reach Out for Help Being Offered During FMD Crisis
(4 April)
Failure
to Impose Meat Controls Scandalous - Says NPA (4 April)
Federation
Equestre Internationale FEI News 3 April
Loss
of Royal Show Shows Depth of FMD Crisis (3 April)
Federation
Equestre Internationale News Flash 2 April
NFU
Cheered by Farm Aid Gala Evening to Help Farmers (2 April)
NFU
Response to Local Elections Announcement (2 April)
Federation
Equestre Internationale FEI News 30th March
HORSE
RIDERS: what you can and can’t do - BHS (30th March)
Further
Dialogue Needed on Vaccine Issue - NFU (30th March)
FMD
puts Horse Welfare at Risk - ILPH (30th March)
"Positive
Signs" from Downing Street Meeting - NFU (29th March)
Goliath
and his friends need help and fast...... Please? (28th March)
NFU
in Detailed Talks on Next Foot and Mouth Steps (28th March)
Foot
and Mouth Disease - Updated list of cancelled events - FEI (27th
March)
Tighter
Import Checks to "Stop This Ever Happening Again" -
NFU (27th March)
Foot
and Mouth outbreak causes cancellation of Royal Windsor Horse
Show (23rd March)
FEI
News Flash Updated list of events cancelled due to Foot &
Mouth Disease (23rd March)
Slaughter
and Disposal Procedures Raise Questions Regarding Potential Avian
Spread of Foot and Mouth (23rd March)
Talk
to Farmers on Extended Cull, NFU Tells Government (23rd March)
Important
Changes to HOYS Qualifiers (22nd March
FEI News Flash 22 March 2001 FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE UPDATE (22nd
March)
Foot
and Mouth Welfare Scheme will Prevent Suffering - NFU (22nd March)
FMD
- Association of Irish Riding Clubs Cancels All Activities (22nd
March)
EFI
Urges Vigilance on FMD Outbreak (22nd March)
Ben
Gill Gives Situation Report to Prime Minister (22nd March)
In response to the FMD crisis, The Irish Showjumpers Club and
The Irish Pony Club made the following announcements (22nd March)
Army
Equitation School Postpones 75th Anniversary Celebration (22nd
March)
Last
World Cup Qualifier Cancelled Due to FMD (21st March)
FEI
News Flash - Foot and Mouth Disease (21st March)
Foot
& Mouth delays Opening of State of the Art Equine Centre (21st
March)
NFU
Sets Up Fund After Receiving Floods of Donations (21st March)
Foot
and Mouth Disease: cancellations update (20th March, FEI)
24
Hour Action Needed on Infected Animals NFU Tells PM
Prime
Minister Urged to Give Hope to Farmers
"Please
Help Us to Say Thank You" - NFU
Farmers
put their Views to Chief Vet in Cumbria
Events
Cancelled due to Foot & Mouth as of 16th March 2001 (FEI)
Hilton
Herbs Golden Horseshoe Ride Will Not Go Ahead (BERA)
NFU
Response to Advice on Countryside Activities
Foot
and Mouth Measures "Grim but Inevitable" - NFU
NFU
Supports "Pre-Emptive Strike" Against Disease
New
Foot and Mouth Measures Imminent After NFU Meeting
Londoners
to Pray for Farmers in Foot and Mouth Crisis
Foot
and Mouth must not prevent Higher Milk Prices
Do
Not Abandon Us - NFU's Message to Prime Minister
Ben
Gill to Meet Prime Minister on Foot and Mouth
Further
Crisis Meetings Held As Foot and Mouth Crisis Enters Third Week
Further
Movement of Livestock Offers Relief for some Farmers
Chief
Vet's Comments Reinforce Need for Caution - NFU
NFU
Says Thanks For Your Help
NFU
Raises Foot and Mouth Animal Welfare Alarm with Minister
Farmers
Thank BHS for their Help over Foot and Mouth
Ukasta
and the NFU Issue Reminder on Disinfectant
NFU Meets Race Authorities on Foot and Mouth
NFU
Appeals to Horse Community - Please don't Resume Racing
The role of the Institute for Animal Health in the current outbreak
of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the UK
NFU Welcomes Government and EU
Speed to Help Farmers in Crisis
Foot
and Mouth Disease - ‘The Equine Industry Speaks With One
Voice’
NFU
Gains Valuable Grazing Derogation during Crisis
Animal
Movement will ensure British Meat is Kept on Shelves
Horses
Need Not Be Slaughtered (The BHS)
Foot and Mouth will cost Three
Quarters of a Billion in 3 Months (The NFU)
NFU
Works to get Practical Help during Crisis (The NFU)
Temporary
Closure of all ILPH Recovery and Rehabilitation Centres (The ILPH)
NFU
President to brief Fischler on Foot and Mouth situation (The NFU)
Budget
must be sensitive to Foot and Mouth Catastrophe (The NFU)
Foot
and Mouth Precautions (Baileys Horse Feeds)
Joint
Statement from The British Endurance Riding Association, The Endurance
Horse & Pony Society & The Scottish Endurance Riding Club
On The Outbreak of Foot & Mouth Disease
Endurance Cancels all Rides as a Precaution
in Foot and Mouth Outbreak
Foot
& Mouth Outbreak (The BHS)
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