No evidence of Foot and Mouth on Waiheke Island
Experts have not detected any evidence of foot and mouth disease symptoms amongst the 12,500 potentially susceptible livestock on
The New Zealand Police believe that the threats outlined in the letter pose a very low level of threat. This belief has been supported by Australian Police threat assessment experts. These points, and the continuing passage of time with no animals presenting Foot and Mouth disease symptoms, reinforce the belief that this incident is most probably a hoax.
A helicopter has surveyed the island to confirm that all livestock have been accounted for, and to check the numbers and locations of feral goats and pigs.
MAF is confident it has identified all susceptible livestock on the island.
Despite initial fears of the effects on exports the threat would have, Egyptian officials have confirmed that they will accept consignments of meat and dairy products shipped from
