THERE are residents close to the Ash Moor burial site who recognise that in an emergency steps have to be taken which normally would not be.
The risks to public health and the environment from piles of animal carcasses lying in fields and farmyards for days, open to the weather and vermin, leaching into streams and drains, far outweigh the risks from the purpose-built, closely monitored and controlled disposal site which is now being constructed.
The experts in all the necessary aspects have patiently explained and answered questions to anyone willing to listen and it seems far more reasonable to accept their assessment of the risks involved rather than those of unqualified people who are anxious to attract media attention by scare-mongering.
The added distress for farming families whose flocks and herds are rotting before their eyes, to say nothing of the real risks to their health, can be readily imagined.
Hopefully Ash Moor will soon be open, filled and closed and so contribute to getting this terrible situation under control.
Mrs Ingrid J Dodd
The Old Rectory
Meeth