Mass Burial Begins With Sheep Carcasses
The army placed sheep carcasses in a huge pit in Cumbria County, starting a mass burial to dispose of up to half a million animals slaughtered in Britain’s expanding campaign to control foot-and-mouth disease.
The highly contagious livestock virus has been confirmed at more than 600 sites since mid-February.
Contractors supervised by the army worked through the night at a former air base, digging a trench about 300 feet long, 15 feet wide and 12 feet deep. Workmen then dumped the first truckload of several hundred carcasses into the pit.
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