We see no reason our children, the public, or we should be traumatized by the loss of our beloved pets. We see no reason generations of breeding programs should be destroyed. Experts, scientists and veterinarians around the world believe it is time to move into the 21st century and change our scope and policies to rational treatment of and protection from this virus. We have no intentions of allowing our animals to be killed, our livelihoods and breeding programs to be destroyed, tourism and other businesses ruined, to line the pockets of a few with a few more pennies per pound. It is not acceptable in this day and age to continue with a kill policy.
Vaccination needs to be a choice and available for purchase as in many other countries.
More and more animals are being transported all over the world. The risk of spreading FMD has increased. This means vaccination twice a year will help stop the virus spreading. Infection trials have shown that vaccinated animals do not transmit the virus to non-vaccinated, susceptible animals. This simple solution is every epidemiologist's dream.