> ---------- > From: Jim Choate[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: Jim Choate > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 1:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Free market solutions to foot and mouth disease > outbreaks > > > On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Ken Brown wrote: > > > Farming is less than 2% of UK business. Meat farming perhaps a quarter > > of that. Maybe 5% of those have had their stock culled. > > Actually, the economic impact of FMD on Britain is far higher than just the loss of livestock revenues. Tourism is off - way off. The numbers I've heard are 20% overall for the nation, and far, far higher in the Lake District and other effected rural areas. It's creating substantial unemployment as hotels and such close or delay seasonal openings. Peter Trei
