The devastating impact of foot-and-mouth disease | 60 Minutes Australia

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In this story from 2001, 60 Minutes revealed the extent that foot and mouth disease ravaged the South England farming village of Longtown. The community was irrevocably damaged by the hundreds of thousands of livestock which were slaughtered to impede the dangerous plague.

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It cost Britain billions. In 2001, foot-and-mouth disease destroyed farms and devastated rural communities in the biggest outbreak the world has seen - and it probably began with just one single shipment of tainted meat. If the disease were ever to hit Australia's shores, the horrific scenes of animal slaughter witnessed throughout Britain would happen here. Reporter Liz Hayes visited the village at the centre of the epidemic, and what she saw there was truly heartbreaking.

VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:55 The epidemic begins in Longtown
02:24 Farmers lose every animal
04:00 Paige Murray
06:03 Animal carcasses burnt
06:24 Sir James Graham
09:23 A town financially crippled
12:00 Traumatised farmer

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For over forty years, 60 Minutes have been telling Australians the world’s greatest stories. Tales that changed history, our nation and our lives. Reporters Liz Hayes, Tom Steinfort, Tara Brown, Liam Bartlett and Sarah Abo look past the headlines because there is always a bigger picture. Sundays are for 60 Minutes.

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