SA THREATENS TO SHOOT STRAY CATTLE

SWAZI farmers have been warned that their cattle would be shot dead on sight and incinerated if the animals strayed across international borders into South Africa. The warning is the latest measure in an increasingly desperate attempt to contain foot and mouth disease outbreaks in Mpumalanga province and at Swaziland’s largest abattoir. Farmers were warned in a two-page advert in the kingdom’s only daily newspaper this week that the country’s beef industry was under threat after seven infected cattle from South Africa were detected at Swaziland’s only abattoir certified for international meat export. – African Eye News Service