Foot-and-mouth 2001 - 'I know ... because I was there'
It’s an anniversary I would rather not remember, but 20 years after the 2001 foot-and-mouth (FMD) outbreak it seems it will be hard to forget – and maybe we shouldn’t, because we certainly never want to repeat it. Before the latest lockdown, I was persuaded (eventually) to take part in the BBC Radio Scotland 'Our Story' programme, produced and presented by the talented Mark Stephen. I had taken part in literally hundreds of media interviews, but nothing quite like this one. I thought that after nearly 20 years had passed, I could talk about the 2001 FMD outbreak with a degree of o...
Source: thescottishfarmer.co.uk