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The UK Foot and Mouth Epidemic of 2001: A Research Resource
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2002 News archive

2001 News archive
2003 News archive
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August 2003

BBC. Lawyers damn FMD handling. BBC News. (August 27, 2003).

Thomas, S. Mass slaughter of animals was despicably cruel. Daily Post p.3.

Opinion. A damning indictment of foot and mouth panic. Daily Post p.8.

Rare breeds to be spared from future FMD slaughter. Yorkshire Post. (August 12, 2003).

July 2003

Hetherington, P. Countryside policy shakeup threatens cull of agencies. The Guardian (July 14, 2003).

Hetherington, P. Sheep safely graze as farm profits rise. The Guardian (July 14, 2003)

June 2003

McConachie, A. Vindictive DEFRA bailiffs persecute woman who stopped illegal kill policy. Sovereign Journal. (June 26, 2003).

McCoy, D. Call for progress on fallen animals. Farming Life. (June 21, 2003).

McCoy, D. Argentina set for FMD-free status. Farming Life. (June 7, 2003).

P, O’Keefe. Minister’s order is disobeyed as farmers continue to suffer. Farmers Journal. (June 7, 2003).

Maxwell, F. Call for slaughtering standard. The Scotsman. (June 5, 2003).

May 2003

Reuters. Argentina regains foot-and-mouth-free status. Reuters. (May 23, 2003).

McCoy, D. Paisley call for disease strategy. Farming Life. (May 17, 2003).

April 2003

Waigwright, M. Dales farmers fly cooperative flag. The Guardian. (April 28, 2003). p. 9.

McMullan.P. Foot and Mouth graves threaten our water. Sunday Express. (April 27, 2003).

BBC. Disease kills Afghan lambs. BBC News. (April 24, 2003).

Sabadus, A. Controls over banned meat are inadequate. Western Morning News. (April 11, 2003).

Reuters. Hong Kong confirms recent foot-and-mouth disease. Reuters. (April 3, 2003).


March 2003

CNN. Foot-and-mouth spreads to Mozambique. CNN.com. (March 27, 2003).

Coghlan, A. Foot and mouth infected meat still entering UK. NewScientist. (March 25, 2003).

BBC. Foot-and-mouth 'cover up' denied. BBC News. (March 21, 2003).

Uhlig, R. MPs maul ministry over foot and mouth. The Telegraph. (March 14, 2003).

BBC. Ministry slammed over foot-and-mouth. Devon Farming News. (March 14, 2003).

Herrington, P. Greedy farmers blamed for huge tax bill. The Guardian. (March 14, 2003).

February 2003

Wainwright, M. Foot and Mouth farmer's 40-year bill. The Guardian. (February 19, 2003).

Booker, C. DEFRA fights dirty with anti-cull campaigner. The Sunday Telegraph. (February 2, 2003).

January 2003

BBC. Farmers' fury at 'farcical' import rules. BBC News UK. (January 21, 2003).

Bristow, J. One lesson to be learned. Spiked Politics. (January 21, 2003).

BBC. Farm virus laws flouted. BBC News. (January 17, 2003).

BBC. Farmers 'doing their bit' against virus spread. BBC News. (January 17, 2003).


2002 News archive
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December 2002

Osborn, A. Labour's foot and mouth rebuff. The Guardian. (December 18, 2002).

The Northern Echo. Banned farmer could face huge bill after U-turn. The Northern Echo. (December 12, 2002).

Coleman, S. Policy poses new foot-and-mouth risk. Western Mail. (December 12, 2002).


November 2002

Uhlig, R. Labour MEPs accused over foot and mouth study. The Telegraph. (November 18, 2002).

DEFRA. Response to the reports of the Foot and Mouth Disease Inquiries. Welsh Assembly News. (November 6, 2002).

Hetherington, P. Beckett vows to vaccinate in any future foot and mouth outbreak. The Guardian. (November 7, 2002).

October 2002

R, Uhlig. £100,000 fine for the willy-nilly slaughter. The Telegraph. (October 23, 2002).

Elliot, V. Farmers defy silly rules to curb animal disease. The Times. (October 17, 2002).

Highfield, R. Tactics used on half the farms were inefficient. The Telegraph. (October 15, 2002).

Lucas, C. 'Ill prepared' Labour mishandled foot and mouth. (October 9, 2002.)

Hall, S. Slaughterman fired on sheep 'willy-nilly'. The Guardian. (October 2, 2002).

Osborn, A. MEPs slate foot and mouth cull. The Guardian. (October 2, 2002).

Savill, R. Sheep cull became a shooting gallery. The Telegraph. (October 2, 2002).

Staff and Agencies. EU report condemns handling of foot and mouth. The Guardian. (October 1, 2002).

BBC. Damning Report on Disease Outbreak. BBC News. (October 1, 2002).


September 2002

Evans-Pritchard, A. Brussels to control the foot and mouth fight. The Telegraph. (September 12, 2002).

Hetherington, P. Foot and mouth report highlights pollution fears. The Guardian. (September 7, 2002).

The Guardian Archive. Slaughter must seem a cruel remedy. The Guardian. (November 18, 1967) (accessed September 7, 2002)
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The Guardian Archive. Leader: Indecision on foot and mouth. The Guardian. (November 28, 1967) (accessed September 7, 2002)
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Fairhall, J. Foot and mouth may cause agriculture more than £12m. The Guardian. (November 16, 1967) (accessed September 7, 2002).

Staff and agencies. Foot and mouth report slates government. The Guardian. (September 6, 2002).

Morris, N. The likely start date for 2001 UK epidemic. Warmwell.com. (ND)

August 2002

McConnachie, A. Anti-cull activist fined £3000 for disinfecting own vehicle. Sovereignty. (August 23, 2002).

NFU. Lessons to be Learned Inquiry - statement by NFU President Ben Gill. NFU

‘Muckspreader’. Down on the farm. Private Eye (9). (August 9, 2002).

Tennant, E. Lessons Not Learned or The Anderson Report. The Spectator. (August 8, 2002).

July 2002

BBC Radio 4. Current Affairs. Farming Today. (July 30, 2002).

Independent Argument. Stop playing the blame game and call a public inquiry. The Independent. (July 23, 2002).

Morris N, Woolf, M. Official report says Government bungled over foot and mouth. The Independent.
(July 23, 2002).

Morris, N. Foot and Mouth Report: Outbreak led to panic and confusion in Whitehall. The Independent. (July 23, 2002).

Uhlig, R. Ministers thwarted farm inquiry. The Telegraph. (July 23, 2002).

Macintyre, D. The deep fear that drives politicians to impede the writing of recent history. The Independent. (July 23, 2002).

Uhlig, R. Blunder cost vital days in farm's crisis. The Telegraph. (July 22, 2002).

BBC. Beckett accepts farm disease errors. BBC News. (July 22, 2002).

BBC. Foot and mouth report: farmer's verdict. BBC News. (July 22, 2002).

BBC. It was a hell of a mess. BBC News. (July 22, 2002).

Uhlig, R. This time advice must be heeded. The Telegraph. (July 17, 2002).

Uhlig, R. Agriculture: Farmer's future unclear. The Telegraph (July 16, 2002).

'Muckspreader'. Down on the farm. Private Eye (9). (July 7, 2002).

June 2002

Connor, S. Scandal of the untagged pig. The Independent. (June 29, 2002).

Wilson, J. & Hetherington, P. Foot and Mouth risk pig could not be identified. The Guardian. (June 29, 2002).

Wilson, J. Foot and Mouth farmer banned for 15 years. The Guardian. (June 29, 2002).

Herbert, I. While guilty farmer is tagged. The Independent. (June 29, 2002).

BBC. Ministers warned over farm disease. BBC News (June 21, 2002).

Uhlig, R. Foot and mouth warning by state vets was ignored. The Telegraph. (June 21, 2002).

Uhlig, R. Foot and mouth cull was barbaric. The Telegraph. (June 19, 2002).

Elliot, V. Farm rip-offs hit taxpayers for millions. The Times. (June 21, 2002).

Anon. Where the taxpayers’ money went. The Times. (June 21, 2002).

Elliot, V. Rich pickings for contractors as Britain blazed.
The Times. (June 21, 2002).

May 2002

‘Muckspreader’. Down on the farm. Private Eye (10). (May 31, 2002).

Staff and agencies. Farmer found guilty of failing to raise the alarm. The Guardian. (May 30, 2002).

BBC. Virus vaccination advice was ignored. BBC News. (May 26, 2002).

Wainwright, M. Farmers derides vets for 'missing foot and mouth'. The Guardian. Special Report. (May 24, 2002).

‘Muckspreader’. Down on the farm. Private Eye (10) (May 17, 2002).

Greenwell, E. & Gill, B. A common EU approach is essential. The Daily Telegraph. Letters to the Editor. (May 9, 2002).

Wainwight, M. 'Death and squalor' filmed at the foot and mouth farm. The Guardian. Special Report. (May 9, 2002).

Uhlig, R. & Clover, C. Farm slaughter powers are slipped past MPs. The Daily Telegraph. (May 9, 2002).

NFU. Livestock proposals totally unjust, says NFU. NFU. (May 9, 2002).

Wainwright, M. Foot and Mouth farmer in cruelty case. The Guardian. (May 8, 2002).

Lucas, C. Relocalising the Global Food Economy. BBC Lecture at Cardiff University. (May 1, 2002).

Lucas, C. Help us to root out truth about Foot and mouth. The Western Morning News. (May, 2002).

April 2002

Booker, C. Lord Whitty on the rack. The Telegraph. (April 21, 2002) .

Goddard, A. Forest of Dean couple tell MAFF 'Sling your hook.' Sovereignty. (April 16, 2002).

Linklater, M. Labour's rural retreat over mishandled epidemic. The Times. (April 4, 2002).

Hetherington, P. Brussels steps up scrutiny of foot and mouth claims. The Guardian. (April 1, 2002).

March 2002

Harrison, D. EC plans to cut foot and mouth compensation. The Telegraph. (March 31, 2002).

Uhlig, R. Government's foot and mouth lessons: 'improve our spin.' The Telegraph. (March 23, 2002).

'Muckspreader'. Down on the farm. Private Eye (10). (March 22, 2002).

The PigSite. Foot-and-Mouth Disease. The Pigsite. (March, 2002).

Anon. History of the world's ever foot and mouth epidemic: United Kingdom 2001. Pighealth.com. (March, 2002).

NFU. NFU disappointed at court judgement. NFU. (March 18, 2002).

Booker, C. Damning foot and mouth report: No. 10 created farm disaster. The Sunday Telegraph. (March 17, 2002)
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Wintour, P. Farmers may be forced to insure against foot and mouth outbreak. The Guardian. (March 16, 2002).

Brown, V. Farmers lose bid for foot and mouth inquiry. Yahoo News. (March 15, 2002).

Anon. Farm dangerously exposed to foot-and-mouth. Yahoo News. (March 14, 2002).

February 2002

Duerden, M. One year on: I saw a lot of hard men cry. BBC News. (February 22, 2002).

Head, J. One year on: It shouldn't happen to a vet. BBC News. (February 20, 2002).

Uhlig, R. Animal cull based on incorrect assumption. The Telegraph. (February 19, 2002).

Quinney, A. One year on: It's knocked us sideways. BBC News. (February 19, 2002).

Smith, I. Has the Government learnt nothing about foot and mouth? The Telegraph. (February 19, 2002).

Turner, R. One year on: We were losing £3,000 a day. BBC News. (February 19, 2002).

BBC. Foot-and-Mouth: the key stats. BBC News. (February 18, 2002).


January 2002

NFU. Foot and mouth disease: the economics - your questions answered. NFU. (DATE ?)

‘Muckspreader’. Down on the farm. Private Eye (10). (January 25, 2002)
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Simmons, M. Uphill struggles. The Guardian Society. (January 23, 2002).

Uhlig, R. 10 million animals were slaughtered in foot and mouth cull. The Telegraph. (January 23, 2002).

Uhlig, R. Ministers condemned over foot and mouth. The Telegraph. (January 21, 2002).

Robertson, C. Slaughter Toll three times official figures. Sovereignty. (January 20, 2002).

BBC. Farmers hail foot-and-mouth victory. BBC News. (January 15, 2002)
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BBC, UK is 'foot-and-mouth free’. BBC News. (January 14, 2002).

BBC. Foot and mouth phial went missing. BBC News. (January 14, 2002).

NFU. NFU to deliver clear messages on livestock movement controls at regional demonstrations. nfuonline. (January 8, 2002).

USDA-APHIS. Veterinary Services. Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine. USDA-APHIS (January, 2002).

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December 2001

Brown, P. Foot and mouth epidemic officially over. The Guardian. (December 29, 2001).

Kirby, A. F&M: The rural nemesis. BBC News. (December 28, 2001).

Leake, J. Foot and Mouth: the blunders. The Sunday Times. (December 15, 2001).

Meikle, J. Foot and mouth papers falsified. The Guardian. (December 15, 2001).

'Muckspreader'. Down on the farm. Private Eye. (December 14, 2001).

BBC. EU considers farm disease rethink. BBC News. (December 12, 2001).

Grimston, J. Farms were overpaid £700m in cull. The Sunday Times. (December 2, 2001).

November 2001

BBC. Scots farmers' £178m payout. BBC News. (November 29, 2001).

Corporate Watch. Supermarkets. Corporatewatch. (November 26, 2001).

'Even Newer Muckspreader.' Down on the farm. Private Eye (14). (November 16, 2001).

'Muckspreader.' Down on the farm. Private Eye (7) (November 11, 2001).

October 2001

Highfiled, R. & Barwick, S. Foot and mouth cull delays cost taxpayer £800m. The Telegraph (October 30, 2001).

Hetherington, P. Plan to vaccinate cattle vetoed. The Guardian. (October 29, 2001).

Irvine, J. Vaccination for foot and mouth. The Scottish Farmer. (October 27, 2001) .

Timeline : Foot-and-mouth cases BBC News (October 19, 2001).

Goddard, A. Anti-cull activist threatened with arrest by perpetrators of criminal policy. Sovereignty. (October 15, 2001).

Savill, R. Animal culling was carnage by computer. The Daily Telegraph. (October 13, 2001).

Anon . Inquiry to hear how RSPCA was hampered by red tape. ANANOVA. (October 12, 2001).

Savill R. Bungled cull spread foot and mouth. The Telegraph. (October 12, 2001).

Hutchings, D. Foot and Mouth inquiry news summary. Devon County Council Media Service (October 12, 2001).

Doyle, P. The foot and mouth inquiry news summary. Devon County Media Service. (October 12, 2001).

Ho, M. Foot and mouth outbreak, GM vaccine and bio-warfare, Isis News (October 11/12, 2001).

BBC. Cull was chaos and a shambles. BBC News. (October 11, 2001).

BBC. Pig farmer pleads not guilty. BBC News. (October 8, 2001).

Waterhouse, R. & Leake, J. Small farmers to be given millions in aid. The Sunday Times. (October 7, 2001).

Radford,T. Swifter cull would have curbed foot and mouth. The Guardian. (October 4, 2001).

NPA. Farmers call on government to introduce national bio security. NPA Newsletter (October 1, 2001).

NPA. Traffic in disease. National Pig Association. (October 1, 2001).


September 2001

King, D. The use of vaccination in the current FMD outbreak. DEFRA. (September 21, 2001).

Beard, M. Return of Foot-and-mouth suspected in Leistershire. The Independent. (September 10, 2001).

Lean, G. Exposed: Blair's fatal dithering over foot and mouth vaccination. The Sunday Independent. (September 9, 2001).

Vidal, J. & Hetherington, P. Food lobby forced PM into u-turn on plan for vaccination. The Guardian. (September 8, 2001).

National Foot and Mouth Group. Briefing note on vaccination from the National Foot and Mouth Group. Sovereignty. (September 7, 2001).

Clover, C. Vet who is demanding an end to slaughter. The Daily Telegraph. (September 7, 2001).

Osborne, A. P&O loses £6m to foot and mouth. The Daily Telegraph. (September 5, 2001).

Barwick, S. Rock of support for stricken farmers. The Daily Telegraph. (September 5, 2001).

Hetherington, P. Foot and mouth crisis: Argentina and Netherlands use jab to control disease. The Guardian. (September 4, 2001).

Hetherington, P. & Brown, P. 2,000th case of foot and mouth confirmed. The Guardian. (September 4, 2001).

Clover, C. & Sandra, S. Foot and mouth epidemic is world's worst. The Telegraph (September 4, 2001).

Clover, C. Farms' foot and mouth cases dwarf 1967 figures. The Daily Telegraph. (September 3, 2001).

Morrison, N. RSPCA Lawyers investigate claims of cruelty during foot-and-mouth culls. The Northern Echo. (September 3, 2001).

Hetherington, P. & Norton-Taylor, R. New cases dash hopes of containing foot and mouth. The Guardian. (September 1, 2001).


August 2001

Clover, C. Vaccinations for foot and mouth must be tested now. The Daily Telegraph. (August 30, 2001).

Saville, R. & Stokes, P. Shadow over the footsteps of Wainwright. The Daily Telegraph (August 30, 2001).

Penny, T. Foot and mouth flare-up spreads. The Daily Telegraph. (August 28, 2001).

Browne, A. Farmers paid twice for culled stock. The Observer. (August 28, 2001).

Girling, R. Dead Meat. The Sunday Times Magazine. (August 26, 2001).

'Gumboot'. Down on the Farm. Private Eye (10). (August 24, 2001).

'Muckspreader'. Foot & Myth. Private Eye. (August 24, 2001).

Humphreys, J. How many Czars does it take to change a light bulb? The Sunday Times. (August 12, 2001).

Brooker, C. Is this where the Great Foot and Mouth Disaster of 2001 all began?... and 11 other questions Tony Blair doesn't want these men to answer. Sunday Telegraph. (August 12, 2001).

'Even Newer Muckspreader.' Down on the farm. Private Eye (10). (August 10, 2001).

Clover, C. Disease causes chaos for shoots. The Daily Telegraph. (August 9, 2001).

Smith, G. & Alleyne, R. Culling teams caught breaking infection rules. The Daily Telegraph (August 9, 2001).

Anon. Inquiries into the Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak and the future of farming. 10, Downing Street Newsroom. (August 9th, 2001) (accessed July 24, 2002).

Editorial. Farming out the blame: time for a look at its true economic role. The Guardian (August 7, 2001).

Ward, D. & Ward, L. Foot and mouth payouts are too high says former NFU economist. The Guardian. (August 7, 2001).

Monbio, G. Rout of the small farm. The Guardian. (August 7, 2001).

BBC. Third Beacons Sheep cull completed. BBC News. (August 4, 2001).

BBC. Farmers claim £1m payouts. BBC News. (August 5, 2001).

BBC. Farmer in £ 4.2m payout. BBC News (August 5, 2001).

July 2001

BBC. Disease fraud scandal hits farms. BBC News. (July 29, 2001).

Brown, D. Beacons cull could wipe out entire flock. The Telegraph (July 27, 2001).

Anon. Anger as Blair rules out foot-and-mouth public inquiry. Ananova News. (July 18, 2001).

Uhlig, R. Foot and Mouth computer data was inadequate. The Daily Telegraph. (July 17, 2001).

June 2001

Beat, A. A Model Decision: Why, a farmer asks, did the Government ignore its advisers. The Guardian. (June 6, 2001).

Beat, A. The hidden science behind foot and mouth. Edited version of A.Beat’s report titled A Model Decision. The Guardian. (June 6, 2001).

McConnachie, A. Vaccination-some questions and answers. Sovereignty. (June, 2001).

May 2001

CNN. Foot-and-mouth crisis timetable. CNN (May 30, 2001).

Press. Foot and mouth disease culling is illegal says barrister. Green Party News. (May 30, 2001).

North, R. Foot and mouth disease export rules. Sovereignty. (May 29, 2001).

Midgley, C. Foot and Mouth outbreak. The Times. (May 24, 2001).

Anon . The cruelty of this cull. The Sunday Times. (May 20, 2001).

Agnew, S. Bungled cattle cull: letters to the editor. The Times. (May 18, 2001).

BBC. Doubts raised over slaughter policy. Full Special Report. BBC News. (May 17, 2001).

De Bruxelles, S. Spooked cattle at large after cull blackfires. The Times. (May 15, 2001).

Innes, J. Farm plague diagnosis doubts. The Scotsman (May 11, 2001).

Anon. Did Scientists start Foot and Mouth Plague? Local News. Evening Chronicle. p. 6. (May 5, 2001).

April 2001

Leppart, D. & Ungoed-Thomas, J. Top scientist condemns flawed cull. The Sunday Times (April 29, 2001).

De Bruxelles, S. RSCPA forced to have sheep destroyed. The Times. (April 27, 2001).

Gurumurthy, K. An interview with Dr. Paul Kitching. Channel 4 News. (April 21, 2001).

EDIE. Concerns remain over environmental implications of foot and mouth animals' disposal. Edie weekly summaries. (April 20, 2001).

NFU. Series of questions put to government on vaccine by NFU. NFU. (April 17, 2001).


Vidal, J. & Brown, P. Police check illegal life stock movements. Special report: foot and mouth disease. The Guardian. (April 11, 2001).

Gouriet, J. Legal advice for all stock farmers threatened by MAFF. (April 8, 2001).

O'Neill, B. When foot-and-mouth didn't make the front page. Spiked culture. (April 2, 2001).

Wildlife and Countryside Link. Foot and Mouth: implications for farming, the economy of rural areas and the countryside in England. A Wildlife and Countryside Link Statement. (April, 2001).

Lucas, C. Foot and Mouth Disease- is Globalisation to blame? Green Socialist Magazine. (April, 2001).



March 2001

Brown, D. Did pigswill cause foot and mouth? The Guardian. (March 26, 2001).

Bryne, P. Britain's foot and mouth outbreak- the global link. Cover story. Newsweekly. (March 24, 2001).

Foster, P. 80,000 carcasses await disposal. The Daily Telegraph. p. 1. (March 22, 2001).

BBC. Foot-and-mouth 'cover up' denied. BBC News. (March 21, 2001).

BBC. Head to head: Vaccination. BBC News. (March 19, 2001).

Frost, D. Interview with Jim Scudamore. Breakfast with Frost. BBC. (March 18, 2001).

Frost, D. Interview with Michael Meacher and Jim Scudamore. Breakfast with Frost. BBC. (March 18, 2001).

BBC. Animals face mass cull. BBC News. (March 15, 2001).

Editorial BMJ. Foot and Mouth Disease: the human consequences. Bmj.com. (March 10, 2001).

Mitchell, P.
An expert's view on why foot and mouth disease has re-emerged in Britain. World Socialist Web Site. (March 8, 2001).

Lucas, C. Foot and mouth outbreak caused by globalisation claims Green MP. Green Party News. (March 3, 2001).

Denny, C. & Vidal, J. Crippled industry may cost economy £1bn loss. The Guardian. (March 1, 2001).

Press Office. Greens call for a permanent ban on a long distance livestock transport as foot and mouth crisis deepens. Green party news. (March 1, 2001).

Mann, M. Fears of foot and mouth in Ulster. Financial Times. (March 1, 2001).


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