‘No compensation’ for bluetongue
UK farmers whose livestock are hit by bluetongue disease following confirmation of an outbreak will not be compensated, the government has said.
Deputy Chief Vet Fred Landeg acknowledged movement controls would cost the industry tens of millions.
But he said there would be no compensation payments because no more culling would take place.
Peter Kendall, President of the National Farmers Union, said the virus was a “bitter blow” to the countryside.
A protection zone has been set up in Suffolk after government vets confirmed bluetongue disease was circulating in the UK and was classed as an outbreak.
The zone will be a minimum of 150km (93 miles) around infected premises.
A stricter 20km control zone has also been set up around the known bluetongue cases, with restrictions preventing animals being moved out of both zones.
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