FOOT-AND-MOUTH: Crisis will be much worse than 1967
SHEFFIELD, UK, 15 Mar. 2001 - As the spread of foot-and-mouth disease marches relentlessly on and the Agricultural minister confirms the precautionary slaughter of 100,000 sheep, Jim Muirhead, Editor of ThePigSite.com analyses the statistics of the current and 1967 outbreaks and concludes that the crisis is already worse than in 1967 with even more bad news to come.