Mary Reid

Defra have set up a 3Km temporary control zone around the park this afternoon. This means that no livestock can be moved within the area.

A sheep is being tested for foot and mouth but it seems that Defra is being, quite properly, very cautious, and it is unlikely that the result will be positive.  The BBC covered the news a short while ago but did not name the second site.

It is worth remembering that the disease does not usually affect humans, and in the rare cases where people have caught it they have only suffered mild symptoms.

Update

Chessington World of Adventures will be open tomorrow as usual. The animal park will be closed for the time being; in fact, the children's animal enclosure has been closed since the first foot and mouth outbreak near Guildford.