MetaFilter posts tagged with footandmouth

I'm Totally and Utterly Gobsmacked

bclark — Mon, 30 Apr 2001 13:32:31 -0800

I'm Totally and Utterly Gobsmacked Hmm... horses, sheep ... British gay people? Well, it's better than having entrail explode in your mouth, I guess.

Three people may have contracted foot-and-mouth,

sj — Tue, 24 Apr 2001 11:10:29 -0800

Three people may have contracted foot-and-mouth, though all the tests aren't in. This is the first time this has occured during the current outbreak. I think the most, er, interesting thing is exactly how one of the guys got it.

quarsan — Mon, 26 Mar 2001 04:29:45 -0800

the arrival of foot and mouth in the centre of the lake district national park is horrific. One thing is clear; the Lake District will never be the same again.

Guardian weblog has assembled

jhiggy — Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:29:13 -0800

Guardian weblog has assembled a special page with foot-and-mouth disease links, mostly (tho not completely) Eurocentric. The links include one to an elaborate backgrounder (with a few graphic photos) from thepigsite.com.

aflakete — Wed, 14 Mar 2001 02:51:48 -0800

In light of the possible spread of foot and mouth disease virtually anywhere--I was wondering how restricted UK citizens are. Is travel in the countryside difficult or impossible? Isn't it interesting how quickly movement is restricted and meat taken off the table?

aaron — Thu, 08 Mar 2001 23:55:03 -0800

Foot-and-mouth disease marches forward in Europe. In order to try to slow down the spread of the virus, UK authorities are urging cancellations of any events that bring people and/or animals together. Which means no horse racing. Which means the Brits are going insane because they have nothing to bet on. (Unlike the US, they don't consider gambling to be an evil on the level of homicide.) What to do? Rodents to the rescue! BlueSQ.com is offering live webcasts of hamster races to satiate your betting jones. Look at 'em go! In other hamster news, some dork blew £3000 on a 6-foot-tall fiberglass hamster left over from the carnage of the Millennium Dome.

Foot and

ajbattrick — Tue, 27 Feb 2001 08:57:36 -0800

Foot and mouth disease in cattle is not the same as Hand, foot and mouth disease in humans. This, I found out only today.