Animal slaughter goes on as foot and mouth strikes again
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The government was set to continue slaughtering animals near the site of a new outbreak of foot and mouth disease Thursday, just days after officials declared they squelched its spread and lifted restrictions.
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For the second time in days, Chinese authorities have ordered a mass slaughter of dogs to curb a rabies outbreak &#151; drawing criticism from animal lovers but also support from many who say it's the only way to contain a disease that kills more than 2,000 Chinese a year.
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Wild camels in drought-stricken Australia are in plague proportions, damaging the environment and property as they compete with native animals for food and water.
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Michael Vick's indictment on dogfighting charges has brought the cruel activity into the headlines this week. But animal-rights activists say the practice is nothing new, and is, in fact, growing in popularity.
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A sixth suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease is being investigated on a farm in Surrey.
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The government has confirmed Friday that cattle culled on a second Surrey farm tested positive for foot and mouth disease, a bodyblow to hopes that authorities had contained the disease after it re-emerged earlier this week.
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"The whole of England is back at a standstill. This is very bad news for the British farming industry"  Britain's latest foot-and-mouth outbreak is the same strain as last month's, according to initial test results Thursday that gave farmers hope the disease could be contained in a small region.If the strain turns out to be different, Britain's farmers _ who have already suffered from the earlier outbreak as well as floods this summer _ could lose more of their livestock.In a larger outbreak in 2001, thousands of cattle, sheep and pig carcasses were burned on large pyres across the country. The farming industry lost millions in revenue. Read more
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OTTAWA (CP) - There's another confirmed case of mad cow disease in Canada but this time it involves an animal infected after a feed ban meant to prevent further cases.
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Science & environment: Demand for food in refugee camps is leading to an unprecedented massacre of local wildlife, new reports claim. Stuart Coles investigates
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LONDON, Aug. 4 -- British authorities rushed to halt an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease Saturday by slaughtering and then incinerating 60 cattle on an infected farm near London.
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Â· 31 animals found dead in field  Â· Charities describe scene of unprecedented cruelty
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Foot and mouth disease has struck a new cattle farm in southern England, the government said on Wednesday, prompting the European Union to ban British meat, dairy and livestock exports.
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All the sheep on a farm in southern England will be slaughtered after blood tests suggested they had contracted foot and mouth disease, the British agriculture ministry said on Monday.
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Britain&#39;s chief vet on Saturday again urged farmers to be vigilant after another case of foot and mouth disease was confirmed in cattle in south-east England.
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It is one of the oldest conflicts between man and beast: farmers killing marauders such as wolves, lynxes, lions and leopards to defend their livestock from the predators.
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A badger cull is proposed as part of the fight against bovine TB, but animal groups are opposing the move.
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Turkeys are to be slaughtered and processed again at the Bernard Matthews farm where bird flu was discovered.