Guest guest Posted April 27, 2001 Report Share Posted April 27, 2001 Bert Roughton Jr. Cox News Service Apr. 26, 2001 LONDON - While her rise from the ashes may be short-lived, Phoenix has for a moment caught the attention of a country grown weary of the nightly images of animals being slaughtered in the government's frantic campaign to control foot-and-mouth disease. Phoenix, a 13-day-old calf, was supposed to be among the more than 2.2 million livestock ordered slaughtered to control the spread of the disease. However, she somehow escaped death and on Wednesday was on the front page of two national newspapers here. The white calf was among a herd earmarked for slaughter because it lived on a 35-acre farm in Devon that is near where a case of the dreaded disease had been confirmed. It isn't clear how she survived, but she was discovered last week when workers came to spray disinfectant on a pile of dead animals. The calf was nestled by her mother's carcass. She had been there five days and was on the verge of starvation. Full story at: http://www.azcentral.com/news/0426calf26-ON.html Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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