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The Anglo-German Pig War A woeful story of the past Some
frightening news was once released when rabies
hit the German East: The German
Forestry Commission was given
veterinary permission to send the
carcasses of foxes in special oak
and pine-tree boxes to farmers
in financial need as
concentrated piglet feed. . . . the Germans
put all doubts aside until a lot
of pigs had died of some
disease called PFC which
caused a national tragedy . . . . In Downing
Street they made provisions for crucial
national decisions. And British
threats are not just talk they put a
ban on German pork . . . . Today the
press announced relieved that things
were not as one believed: . . . lt was not
fatal PFC but only
harmless BSE. . . . PFC =
Porcular Forunculous Corosis (a story of
18 verses) June 1996 |
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