I am a resident in Throckmorton and Liz Tuckers letter does not speak for me although it is a wonderful PR job for Maff.

They never asked or consulted us. The first residents knew was when it appeared on national news.

I have attended 3 council meetings and despite Maff trying to reassure people they were clearly unable to answer key questions on our health and safety.

There is a perfectly good vaccine that could be used and there is no reason not to eat vaccinated animals, other countrys do it and we import from countrys with Foot and Mouth.

The fact that we will lose our disease free status is a joke what are they planning to export after they have killed everything .

We need to lose our disease free status because the next time Foot and mouth breaks out, which could be any time, we will have this fiasco all over again - where will they bury the corpses then maybe in your village ?

If there are any sane people out there please speak up now and demand this mass slaughter of animals with a perfectly treatable disease is stopped.

Ann Ward, Throckmorton.