If Europe has fallen into line with the principle of culling animals over 30 months, is that in itself enough?

The gruesome funeral pyres for culled animals that dotted the land were slowly sputtering out.

Leather-work is also popular, as are items made from legally culled animals such as elephant hair bracelets.

It is very rare that a trader will carry perishable goods that can be found somewhere else such as grain or culled animals.

Dairy organizations distribute locomotion charts to help workers assess lameness, which can lead to reproductive failures - another reason for culling animals.

The proposal also allows for the culling of animals and the compensation to farmers for loss of culled animals.

Sub-par or cull animals from other breeding goals (laboratory, exhibition/show, wool, pet) may also be used for meat (particularly in smallholder operations).

"You can use vaccine very quickly and still cull animals," said Peter Midmore, a professor of rural studies at the University of Wales.

As humans we cull animals to keep the population at managable levels, yet most people would take great offence at being told they should restrict their family size.

The demand for beef, after initially plummeting, rebounded there when consumers realized how much prices had fallen and how far the government had gone in culling animals at risk of developing the disease.

He felt he had been given incomplete information about the transfer of infected animals, the number of veterinarians and shortages of essential items like insecticide and bullets for culling animals.

In 2008 Randall started working in the controversial medium of taxidermy She took the ethical stance to work only with already dead or culled animals and so has worked a lot with vermin.

Since DNA testing for purity has become available, there is a growing movement among bison ranchers to test their herds and cull animals that test positive for bovine DNA.

Such is the scale of the disease in Britain, however, that delays in removing culled animals from farms and even their incineration on pyres that draw smoke across the countryside have helped spread the disease.

Another 300,000 older cattle - known as "cull animals" since the mad cow crisis first struck last May - are being held back in the hope that domestic prices may rise once the border is reopened to younger animals.

Culling would require a lot of safety steps to be maintained in such cases of culling animals/birds since even a minor fault can cause the infections to spread out from the affected animals/birds to the population at large.

Earlier in the year, the Western Animal Rights Network (WARN) and the Captive Animals Protection Society (CAPS) made several claims of animal cruelty against the zoo, and charged that it regularly culled animals during winter months to reduce costs.