Extra troops called in to help with foot-and-mouth crisis

More British army troops are to be deployed to help with the foot-and-mouth crisis.

Wed, 21 Mar, 2001 - 18:43

More British army troops are to be deployed to help with the foot-and-mouth crisis.

Britain's Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF) said it had asked the Ministry of Defence to make more soldiers available to help remove the growing number of slaughtered animals on farms.

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