LONDON (Reuters) - A second suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease on Dartmoor has put the national park on red alert, British farmers said on Tuesday.
The ministry of agriculture said it was investigating a suspected outbreak of the virulent virus in Widecombe -- about five miles away from a confirmed case at another moorland farm owned by Prince Charles, the heir to the throne.
"Dartmoor is on red alert... the implications are awful because there are 20,000 to 30,000 livestock up there," Ian Johnson of the National Farmers' Union (NFU) told Reuters.
The Devonshire moor, home to deer, wild ponies, cattle and sheep, has been declared out-of-bounds for recreational activities but roads that run through the park are still in use.
"It would be a logistical nightmare to control (the disease) in such an area," Johnson said.
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The ministry of agriculture said it was investigating a suspected outbreak of the virulent virus in Widecombe -- about five miles away from a confirmed case at another moorland farm owned by Prince Charles, the heir to the throne.
"Dartmoor is on red alert... the implications are awful because there are 20,000 to 30,000 livestock up there," Ian Johnson of the National Farmers' Union (NFU) told Reuters.
The Devonshire moor, home to deer, wild ponies, cattle and sheep, has been declared out-of-bounds for recreational activities but roads that run through the park are still in use.
"It would be a logistical nightmare to control (the disease) in such an area," Johnson said.
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One door closed is one door opened
One more memory fades away
Such grand dreams we all have chosen
We lost our innocence along the way
- Rose Bygrave, "Innocence"
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