South Korea battles foot-and-mouth disease


The South Korean government has stepped up efforts to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that is threatening the country’s livestock industry. Despite widespread quarantines, tens of thousands of animals have been slaughtered from hundreds of farms. Affected farmers have mounted a campaign to claim compensation for their culled animals. Al Jazeera’s Divya Gopalan reports from Guangha-do county. (May 12, 2010)
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