The Slaughtering of a Scapegoat? ; the Foot and Mouth Outbreak in 2001 Was Blamed On Everything From an Iraqi Chemical Weapon to Animal Rights Protestors. While Officials Blamed Bobby Waugh's Farm in Northumberland As the Source, Is That Notion As Fanciful As the Rest? Mike Kelly Reports.

Summary

---

IF you wanted a pantomime villain on which to hang the blame for the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak, Bobby Waugh came straight out of central casting.

Burnside Farm in Heddon-on-the-wall in Northumberland, which he ran with his brother Ronald, was in a disgraceful state.

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

The Slaughtering of a Scapegoat? ; the Foot and Mouth Outbreak in 2001 Was Blamed On Everything From an Iraqi Chemical Weapon to Animal Rights Protestors. While Officials Blamed Bobby Waugh's Farm in Northumberland As the Source, Is That Notion As Fanciful As the Rest? Mike Kelly Reports.

He seldom spoke to the press and then only in gruff monotone.

When he was convicted on nine of 16 charges under the Animal Health Act, including failing to notify authorities of the disease and cruelty to his animals, ...

See the full content of this document

---