http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_393887.html
this link makes it rather clear why UK authorities might
have known about the outbreak before it happened.
Why?
Because the current international FMD situation is completely
unteneble and unrealistic. _And_we/they_know_it !
I won't even go into the details as it is highly confusing;
there really has been no proper debate on this yet.
At least the following newslink might throw it
all into perspective.
http://www.rockisland.com/~newmoon/llamas/fmd.html
Remind you of something? Another recent
'invasive' event in the Eastern US ? Both events (terrorism and
the FMD cull) are born out of complacency. Time to wake up guys and
gals ...
barney