>From http://www.vny.com/cf/news/upidetail.cfm?QID=110811 }}>Begin ritish pig farmers may let pigs free Monday, 21 August 2000 10:38 (ET) British pig farmers may let pigs free LONDON, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- A British National Pig Association official says farmers may soon become so fed up with the consequences of spreading swine fever that they likely will abandon their livestock. According to James Black, vice-chairman of the National Pig Association, thousands of pigs may be left to roam as the swine fever crisis continues because of the backup of pigs on farms. In an interview with Sky television aired Monday Black said many farms have reached bursting point with overcrowding because so many pigs are barred from going to market or slaughter. "Something is going to happen and I think they will let loose the pigs," he said. Already five farms in East Anglia are officially confirmed as having the disease and tests are being carried out at more than 30 others where livestock have shown symptoms. The European Union veterinary committee is set to hold a meeting on Tuesday to decide if there has been any curtailing of the disease. But even British agricultural experts fear spread of the disease. The EU has banned all exports of British pigs. The regional manager of the pig association, Ian Campbell, said this morning, "It's now very grim. ... Reasonable, sensible people whom I've known for many years are now approaching the point where, frankly, they could do anything. There is a very real danger not just of a human calamity but of a serious disease risk." Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food scientists are awaiting test results from the pig farms scattered throughout England, where pigs have shown swine fever symptoms. Ministry officials say suspected cases are now as far-flung as the Isle of Wight, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Sussex, Cheshire and Dorset. Agriculture Minister Nick Brown held a three-hour meeting with representatives of the pig industry Sunday to discuss the classical swine fever outbreak. He has promised English farmers similar compensation packages to those given to farmers in Germany and The Netherlands when they had an outbreak a few years ago. The United States earlier announced that it was temporarily banning imports of live pigs, their semen and pork products from Britain. Swine fever is a highly infectious viral disease, which EU specialists say threatens only animals and poses no threat to humans. The disease is also known as pig cholera or pig typhoid, the symptoms include high temperature, thirst, loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea. Afflicted animals will often lie down with their backs arched and their tails uncurled. Some pigs cough and show red or purple discoloration. The death rate can be as high as 90 per cent in afflicted herds, with many of the animals dying in convulsion. -- Copyright 2000 by United Press International. All rights reserved. -- End<{{ A<>E<>R Integrity has no need of rules. -Albert Camus (1913-1960) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The libertarian therefore considers one of his prime educational tasks is to spread the demystification and desanctification of the State among its hapless subjects. His task is to demonstrate repeatedly and in depth that not only the emperor but even the "democratic" State has no clothes; that all governments subsist by exploitive rule over the public; and that such rule is the reverse of objective necessity. 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