Thread: Foot n mouth

Bit of scare mongering going on in the media, maybe... but what a mess if we did get it in NZ.

The question is, what would happen if FnM then found its way into the wild... Deer, Goats, Chamoi, Thar... we could never be rid of it..... or would we?

Originally Posted by LBD

Bit of scare mongering going on in the media, maybe... but what a mess if we did get it in NZ.

The question is, what would happen if FnM then found its way into the wild... Deer, Goats, Chamoi, Thar... we could never be rid of it..... or would we?

If foot n mouth got into NZ and became rampant.....we ( the country) would be in a world of pain n unlike the first lock down, there wouldn't be any hand outs.

I wasn't too worried about covid, foot n mouth disease....scares me.

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Yup, goodbye all dairy exports, meat trade, everything.

we def do not want it here.

Be afraid, very afraid. Remember what happened in Britain. They basically killed all cloven hoofed animals, unlike France and other European countries. We’ll probably follow the same protocol as GB did way back then. Something to look forward to.

If it happened, I think that would more or less be the end of game animals in NZ. It would give the government legitimacy to exterminate everything by any means necessary.

We have had a dose here back in the 70s,guessing. Pig farm at Temuka I dug the hole to bury them.When they released the plant,while loading the farmer reckoned the morning feed was to hot but he called it in anyway.Dont know whether it was confirmed F&M.

Originally Posted by PillowDribbler

We have had a dose here back in the 70s,guessing. Pig farm at Temuka I dug the hole to bury them.When they released the plant,while loading the farmer reckoned the morning feed was to hot but he called it in anyway. Dont know whether it was confirmed F&M.

I recall that I think... or it may have been another time... was not fnm but it was a bug of some sort, not burns.

I remember as a teenager, the Federated Farmers did an exercise on our farm. At that time, they estimated it would take 80 wagons of coal to burn the carcasses (5,000 sheep, 400 cattle). No idea if that was an accurate ratio or not.

The new $400 raised fine at airports for bring in pork etc isn't enough. $1000 minimum and if your bags are full off food see you later. Should be like this any way. We are a bunch off soft cocks in NZ.
Also if foot and mouth comes a shore there will be a blanket cull on all game animals private and public land.
you want have to worry about ammo shortage there will be none

Originally Posted by muzza

Indonesia always has Foot and Mouth outbreaks . This is the latest - except now we have a sensationalist media blowing this out of proportion to terrify an already scared population.

No denying that. Just the thought of it is.....terrifying....obviously we can see how this will play out . Demonise cloven hoof animals....familiar anyone.......??

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Originally Posted by bigbear

The new $400 raised fine at airports for bring in pork etc isn't enough. $1000 minimum and if your bags are full off food see you later. Should be like this any way. We are a bunch off soft cocks in NZ.
Also if foot and mouth comes a shore there will be a blanket cull on all game animals private and public land.
you want have to worry about ammo shortage there will be none

...yes, no animals to shoot, no reason for ammo....

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I remember the pig farm out of Temuka and FnM.It was a big scare for South Canterbury then and would be worse now.

CWD Chronic wasting disease what they have in the USA for deer is scary and shows what happens if a prion disease get out into the wild

"Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease that affects deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer and moose. It has been found in some areas of North America, including Canada and the United States, Norway and South Korea."

Wouldn't it be convenient on many fronts for certain members of our society if this got into NZ. If a couple farmers were able to rock into NZ with the Calicivirus in their backpacks then it wouldn't be that difficult for some militant environmentalists (Geoff Reid springs to mind..) to do the same...

We have managed to keep it out for....forever. so yes, if it rocks up now it would look mighty suspicious from my perspective.

I used to travel quite a bit, and EVERY time I came back into country, there's customs officers engaging with clowns that have their entire suitcases full of food shit from overseas. Just turn the fuckers around and send them back to where they came from. No ifs no buts. They'll soon get the message. If it gets in, accidentally or intentionally the losses from the last 2 years' farce will look like small change.