Bluetongue virus found near Ipswich - could we thank
Live Exports for this?
21st September 2007
So, Suffolk has the first
case of bluetongue ever found in the UK!
Lets
take a look at this in more detail ….
live calves are exported out of Ipswich Port over to France,
Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Spain, then the dirty
smelly lorries return to the UK via Ipswich Port to collect
the next load of calves from the Scotish Borders and
the West Country.
The farm where the disease was detected is just
off the A14 and has a river running though it. The river
runs straight from the Port and the lorries would have
used the A14.
A week later we have bluetongue within 10 miles
of the Port and a stone’s throw from the A14. Midges
could have easily been transported back to the UK via a
dirty lorry from Europe.
Bit of a coincidence or just bad luck?
  
Bluetongue virus found at Baylham
21st September 2007
OFFICIALS are today testing midges around Baylham House Rare
Breeds Farm after it was revealed Britain's first ever case
of the bluetongue virus was found in one of their cows.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
announced yesterday that the potentially fatal, insect-borne
disease had been found in a Highland cow on the farm
Bluetongue strain identified as European
21st September 2007
SCIENTISTS have identified the strain of the Bluetongue virus
which has been detected in a cow at Baylham House Rare Breeds
Farm as one found in Europe last year.
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has revealed the
strain has been identified as Serotype 8 which has been found in Belgium, France,
Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands since August 2006.
Defra has also announced that it could take days or even weeks to assess whether
the disease is circulating among other animals and therefore could be considered
an outbreak
Live exports halted at Ipswich port
13th September 2007
LIVE exports from the port of Ipswich
have today been stopped after the recent discovery of foot-and-mouth
disease in Surrey.
The controversial trade has been operating through the port since the beginning
of the month due to the temporary closure of a berth at Dover.
But, following news of a foot and mouth outbreak in the Egham area of Surrey,
the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has announced that
all livestock movements in and from the UK, including Ipswich, are suspended
until further notice.
Yvonne Burchall, from Kent Action Against Live Exports (KALE),
said: “They
restarted the exports too quickly and they didn't give it
enough time to make sure the disease was completely eradicated
Police issue warning to illegal hare coursers
13th September 2007
WITH the illegal hare coursing season set to begin, officers
are launching the successful Operation Dornier for the fourth
year running.
Insp Dick Lowings, part of the Rural Community Action Team (RCAT), said: "We
will be taking positive action to target hare coursers by building on past successes.
"Over the last three years hare coursing has significantly reduced but we
are not taking our eye off the ball. We will continue to tackle this issue in
a robust manner and we will prosecute offenders, spearheaded by this RCAT campaign.
Our aim is to continue this success and ensure we severely disrupt and convict
those who are involved.
"Hare coursing is not only illegal but also extremely disruptive for the
rural community."
Anyone with any information about hare coursing should contact police on 0845
456 4564
Wildlife crime in Norfolk has doubled
12th September 2007
Wildlife crime in East Anglia has almost doubled in the past year, leading to
worried experts claiming there should be a greater punishment for anyone caught
harming wild animals.
Last year there were 90 reported “incidents” involving wildlife,
compared to 51 the previous year - and birds of prey are the main victims.
The latest figures, released by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
(RSPB), reflect the rise in bird-related crime across the UK which presents a
significant hazard to some of the county's most threatened birds.
In Norfolk there have been several horrific attacks on animals. In April last
year in Norwich a kestrel, which is believed to have been shot, was found in
a carrier bag at the side of the road, a golden eagle was shot dead in Beccles
in November and a Marsh harrier was found dead, believed poisoned, in Stiffkey
Marshes
OAP protests against live exports
7th September 2007
A CAMPAIGNING pensioner is today urging fellow OAPs to join her in protesting
against live animal exports from Ipswich.
Retired teacher Helen Stollery is one of a group of peaceful campaigners who
have vowed to fight against the controversial trade during the coming week.
Mrs Stollery said she felt so passionate about stopping what she described as
the cruel treatment of live animals being shipped to Europe that she was happy
to take to the streets in an attempt to stop it.
Yesterday the 64-year-old could be seen holding a placard with fellow protestors
from Ipswich Animal Rights by the entry to the West Bank terminal at Ipswich
Port, after it emerged the trade of live-animals had restarted form the port
Live exports fight 'will go on'
7th September 2007
CAMPAIGNERS protesting against the renewal
of live exports from a Suffolk port have pledged to continue
their fight in the coming week.
Over the last few nights scores of animal welfare activists have been voicing
their opposition outside the West Bank Terminal at the Port of Ipswich.
It is handling the controversial trade because the berth at Dover usually used
for live exports is currently closed for repairs.
On Wednesday evening, 12 lorries loaded their livestock onto a ship bound for
Europe while a further three trucks sent their cargo across at lunchtime yesterday.
Last night protestors said they would continue their protests in the hope that
port bosses would reconsider their decision to allow the exports
Police face no action over dog
6th September 2007
NO action will be taken against Suffolk police after a young dog went without
food or water for six days while in its care, it has emerged.
The Suffolk force was investigated by the RSPCA after “an administrative” error
meant a stray border collie cross was caged behind its station in Bury St Edmunds
without food or water for nearly a week.
Yesterday the RSPCA said it did not have proof the dog had suffered adding that,
after discussions between its chief inspector and Simon Ash, Suffolk's chief
constable, it was reassured procedures had been tightened.
But the RSPCA's decision not to take further action was last night condemned
by other animal charities who claimed it was a case of one rule for the police
and one rule for everybody else
Protest in Ipswich as livestock exported
6th September 2007
 FURIOUS animal welfare campaigners turned out in protest last
night as lorries carrying live exports destined for the continent
arrived at a Suffolk port.
Earlier this week bosses at the Port of Ipswich gave the green light to start
shipping livestock to Europe.
It is handling the trade for two weeks because the berth at Dover usually used
for exports is currently closed for repairs.
Campaigners have been left horrified by the news and last night turned out in
force to express their anger outside the port's West Terminal
Anger at port's live animal exports
5th September 2007
ANIMAL welfare campaigners are planning to protest outside
a Suffolk port tonight after learning it will be shipping livestock
to mainland Europe.
The Port of Ipswich is handling the trade for the next two weeks because the
berth at Dover usually used for exports is currently closed for repairs.
However last night the company responsible for the shipping said it was not yet
sure if it would go ahead as planned.
It is understood the Pentolina B, owned by Pentland Ferries, based in Aberdeen,
Scotland, will take a consignment of livestock from Ipswich to the continent.
Last night a spokeswoman for the company said they would not know until this
morning if the export was going to take place
Live exports to start from Ipswich
Port
4th September 2007
ANIMAL rights protestors were today
preparing to descend on Ipswich Port after hearing live
exports will be resumed from there tomorrow.
Live animal exports to the European Union have resumed after the ban imposed
in the wake of the Surrey foot and mouth outbreak was lifted earlier this month.
Now members of the pressure group Kent Against Live Exports (Kale) believe the
trade is switching to Ipswich because the section of Dover docks usually used
for exports is currently closed for repairs
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