2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak
The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in 2001 caused a crisis in British agriculture and tourism. This epizootic saw 2,000 cases of the disease in farms across most of the British countryside. Over 6 million cows and sheep were killed in an eventually successful attempt to halt the disease. Cumbria was the worst affected area of the country, with 893 cases.
Slaughtered animals being incinerated
Notice telling people to keep off the North York Moors
A government notice on a quarantined Oxfordshire farm
A disinfectant bath used to disinfect the wheels of vehicles to try to stop spread.
The Cheltenham Festival is a horse racing-based meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom, with race prize money second only to the Grand National. The four-day festival takes place annually in March at Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It usually coincides with Saint Patrick's Day and is particularly popular with Irish visitors.
Champion Hurdle, 2014
Cheltenham racecourse in 2010
Cross-country chase, 2010
Winners' enclosure in 2014