Moira Linaker from Warwick Bridge, near Carlisle, holds one of her rare Ryeland sheep on the gate of her farm alongside a newspaper billboard. * She lives in the area of Cumbria where several hundred thousand uninfected sheep are being slaughtered and buried in a bid to stop the spread of foot and mouth disease. Some farmers claim that vaccination against the disease is more effective than the current policy of slaughtering unaffected animals.

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1658 x 1034 px | 28.1 x 17.5 cm | 11.1 x 6.9 inches | 150dpi

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27 March 2001

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Owen Humphreys

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