Семья Эверад и борьба с эпидемией ящура в Британии.
Thomas-Everard family
Семья Эверад из Великобритании стала известна во время эпидемии ящура в 2001 году. Их успешная борьба против уничтожения здорового скота и политическая деятельность.
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Введение
Семья Томаса Эверарда – семья британских фермеров, получивших известность во время кризиса ящура 2001 года. Сын, Гай Томас Эверард, выступил с горячим призывом не допустить забоя здоровых животных на его ферме в рамках превентивного убоя, разработанного Министерством сельского хозяйства, рыболовства и продовольствия (MAFF) для предотвращения распространения ящура в районе Эксмур. Этот призыв и угроза судебного разбирательства в конечном итоге увенчались успехом. Это дело побудило семью Томаса Эверарда заняться политикой, выступая в защиту интересов сельской местности. Отец, Крис Томас Эверард, является видным членом Партии сельской местности. Он баллотировался первым кандидатом от партии в регионе Юго-Западной Англии на выборах в Европейский парламент в 2004 году. Томасу Эверарду не удалось получить место в Европарламенте, однако партия сохранила свой избирательный залог в регионе. 7 мая 2001 года MAFF приняло решение об убое животных на двух фермах между Бриджтауном и Далвертоном, поскольку работник одной из ферм контактировал с заболевшими животными на других фермах вблизи Таунтона. MAFF опасалось, что в случае заражения эти две фермы станут "воротами" для распространения болезни по всему Эксмуру. Однако ветеринары осмотрели животных на ферме Томаса Эверарда и убедились в их здоровье. Первоначально MAFF решило провести убой, несмотря на это. Томас Эверард был в ярости. В интервью BBC он заявил:
The Thomas Everard family are a family of British farmers who became known to the public during the 2001 foot and mouth crisis. The son Guy Thomas Everard made an impassioned plea against his healthy farm animals being killed as part of a pre emptive cull designed by the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) to save Exmoor animals from foot and mouth disease. The plea and threatened legal challenge was ultimately successful. The case saw the Thomas Everard family enter politics, campaigning on rural affairs. The father, Chris Thomas Everard, is a leading member of the Countryside Party. He stood as the first candidate for the party in the South West England region at the 2004 European election. Thomas Everard failed to get a seat in the European Parliament, though the party did retain its deposit in the region. On May 7, 2001, MAFF decided to kill the animals at two farms between Bridgetown and Dulverton because a farm worker on one of the farms had come into contact with the disease at other farms near Taunton. If the two farms became infected they were expected by MAFF officials to act as a "gateway" for the disease to spread from there to the rest of Exmoor. However, vets examined the animals on Thomas Everard's farm and were happy that they were uninfected. Initially MAFF decided to go ahead with the cull regardless. Thomas Everard was furious. In an interview with the BBC he said
"All we can do is to try and make MAFF see sense. And stop trying to blackmail us, and stop this bloody nonsense of saying all our neighbours want us culled. It's a bloody lie!" He blocked the entrance to the farm with a truck and said that he had instructed lawyers to prevent MAFF carrying out the cull. On May 10, following intensive media coverage, MAFF announced that the risk of contraction of disease at the farm had been re assessed and downgraded. Thus the cull was not carried out. Guy Thomas Everard joined a group of farmers, businessmen and media organisations who brought an unsuccessful legal challenge to the government's decision not to hold a public inquiry into the foot and mouth crisis. The Government held three inquiries all of which published its findings publicly, but gathered their information in private.
"Все, что мы можем сделать, – это попытаться достучаться до здравого смысла в MAFF. И прекратить пытаться нас шантажировать, и прекратить эту чертовщину, что все наши соседи хотят нашего убоя. Это наглая ложь!"
The Thomas Everard family are a family of British farmers who became known to the public during the 2001 foot and mouth crisis. The son Guy Thomas Everard made an impassioned plea against his healthy farm animals being killed as part of a pre emptive cull designed by the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) to save Exmoor animals from foot and mouth disease. The plea and threatened legal challenge was ultimately successful. The case saw the Thomas Everard family enter politics, campaigning on rural affairs. The father, Chris Thomas Everard, is a leading member of the Countryside Party. He stood as the first candidate for the party in the South West England region at the 2004 European election. Thomas Everard failed to get a seat in the European Parliament, though the party did retain its deposit in the region. On May 7, 2001, MAFF decided to kill the animals at two farms between Bridgetown and Dulverton because a farm worker on one of the farms had come into contact with the disease at other farms near Taunton. If the two farms became infected they were expected by MAFF officials to act as a "gateway" for the disease to spread from there to the rest of Exmoor. However, vets examined the animals on Thomas Everard's farm and were happy that they were uninfected. Initially MAFF decided to go ahead with the cull regardless. Thomas Everard was furious. In an interview with the BBC he said
"All we can do is to try and make MAFF see sense. And stop trying to blackmail us, and stop this bloody nonsense of saying all our neighbours want us culled. It's a bloody lie!" He blocked the entrance to the farm with a truck and said that he had instructed lawyers to prevent MAFF carrying out the cull. On May 10, following intensive media coverage, MAFF announced that the risk of contraction of disease at the farm had been re assessed and downgraded. Thus the cull was not carried out. Guy Thomas Everard joined a group of farmers, businessmen and media organisations who brought an unsuccessful legal challenge to the government's decision not to hold a public inquiry into the foot and mouth crisis. The Government held three inquiries all of which published its findings publicly, but gathered their information in private.
Он заблокировал въезд на ферму грузовиком и заявил, что поручил своим адвокатам предотвратить проведение убоя MAFF. 10 мая, после широкого освещения в СМИ, MAFF объявило о переоценке и снижении риска заражения на ферме. Таким образом, убой был отменен. Гай Томас Эверард присоединился к группе фермеров, предпринимателей и представителей СМИ, которые безуспешно оспорили решение правительства не проводить публичное расследование кризиса ящура. Правительство провело три расследования, результаты которых были опубликованы, однако информация собиралась конфиденциально.
The Thomas Everard family are a family of British farmers who became known to the public during the 2001 foot and mouth crisis. The son Guy Thomas Everard made an impassioned plea against his healthy farm animals being killed as part of a pre emptive cull designed by the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) to save Exmoor animals from foot and mouth disease. The plea and threatened legal challenge was ultimately successful. The case saw the Thomas Everard family enter politics, campaigning on rural affairs. The father, Chris Thomas Everard, is a leading member of the Countryside Party. He stood as the first candidate for the party in the South West England region at the 2004 European election. Thomas Everard failed to get a seat in the European Parliament, though the party did retain its deposit in the region. On May 7, 2001, MAFF decided to kill the animals at two farms between Bridgetown and Dulverton because a farm worker on one of the farms had come into contact with the disease at other farms near Taunton. If the two farms became infected they were expected by MAFF officials to act as a "gateway" for the disease to spread from there to the rest of Exmoor. However, vets examined the animals on Thomas Everard's farm and were happy that they were uninfected. Initially MAFF decided to go ahead with the cull regardless. Thomas Everard was furious. In an interview with the BBC he said
"All we can do is to try and make MAFF see sense. And stop trying to blackmail us, and stop this bloody nonsense of saying all our neighbours want us culled. It's a bloody lie!" He blocked the entrance to the farm with a truck and said that he had instructed lawyers to prevent MAFF carrying out the cull. On May 10, following intensive media coverage, MAFF announced that the risk of contraction of disease at the farm had been re assessed and downgraded. Thus the cull was not carried out. Guy Thomas Everard joined a group of farmers, businessmen and media organisations who brought an unsuccessful legal challenge to the government's decision not to hold a public inquiry into the foot and mouth crisis. The Government held three inquiries all of which published its findings publicly, but gathered their information in private.