First live sheep arrive at huge burial site in Britain

The first live sheep have arrived at the former airfield which has been turned into a mass burial site for livestock slaughtered over foot-and-mouth.

First live sheep arrive at huge burial site in Britain

The first live sheep have arrived at the former airfield which has been turned into a mass burial site for livestock slaughtered over foot-and-mouth.

The animals are among 2,000 sheep to be slaughtered and buried immediately at the Great Orton site in Cumbria in an operation being organised by the Army.

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