Did Terrorists Cause the Foot and Mouth Outbreak?


Some in the UK are speculating that the recent outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease may have been a deliberate act of terrorism:

The deliberate release of viral material, possibly in an act of sabotage, may have caused the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, officials said last night.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said in a report ordered by the Prime Minister that “release by human movement [of the FMD virus] must be considered a real possibility”.

And I fear that their suspicions may be well-founded. Ingrid Newkirk, the president of PETA said she wanted foot and mouth disease to spread to the USA:

"I openly hope that it [foot and mouth disease] comes here. It will bring economic harm only for those who profit from giving people heart attacks and giving animals a concentration camp-like existence."

These people are truly scary.