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Consigned to the flames

By Marina Murphy

24 March 2001

AS THE carcasses of slaughtered animals pile up on British farms, American
researchers have suggested a radical solution: napalm. They say it would be a
faster, cheaper and more efficient way of disposing of animals than the pyres
now burning in fields across the country.

Up to 60,000 animals slaughtered to prevent the spread of foot and mouth
disease have been left to rot in fields and barns. Farmers are waiting as long
as 10 days for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) to dispose
of the carcasses. With Britain now planning to slaughter 500,000 healthy animals…

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