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Foot-and-mouth disease spreads to sheep in England's Lake District.

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| March 26, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Ray Moseley

GRASMERE, England _ As Britain's epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease worsened on Monday by spreading to one of its most profitable tourist areas, the government stepped up control efforts by opening a giant burial pit designed to hold the carcasses of a half-million sheep. The first 7,000 were buried there Monday.

Contractors supervised by army troops worked overnight at a former airfield near Carlisle, the Cumbrian capital, digging a trench about 300 feet long, 15 feet wide and 12 feet deep.

On Monday, 7,000 dead sheep were dumped from sealed trucks into the trench. Army officers said 10,000 more would be buried each day on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the daily numbers rising to 20,000…

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