Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, said: "The economic cost was not the only long-term legacy, with the emotion scars still deeply felt by those across the rural communities I represent. I vividly remember the heart wrenching calls to friends, neighbours who had received the news that their livestock was to be destroyed. For weeks on end, the acrid smoke from the pyres invaded households and touched every life whether they were connected to our farming community or not."
草榴社区 have warned Government ministers that they must act quickly in response to Germany's foot-and-mouth case which has rekindled 'horrible' memories of the outbreak in 2001 for the sector. Following...
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