Volume 1, No. 5. April 6, 2001
If you have animals as part of your attraction, you need to stop here a moment.
You are probably aware of the foot-and-mouth virus that has shut down parks and zoos in Europe, and you have heard that this highly contagious disease has agriculture officials around the world on high alert. Even if you don’t import animals, or you think your visitors don’t come further afield than surrounding counties, you still need to understand this disease and the devastation it has already wrought. You also must be prepared to take precautions to save the stock of your own facility.
Take a moment to visit the following
web sites and bookmark them. They are the official word on the disease with
further links for your own country.
The
United Nations’ Foot and Mouth Disease Home Page
The U.S. Department of Agriculture web site
The U.K. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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