Originally posted by carrie:
Cruft's has been cancelled. The show was due to begin next week in Birmingham but due to Foot and Mouth in Britain it, along with horse racing and many other large events like the Six Nations Rugby matches, has been cancelled.

It's a real shame for the dog world who participate at cruft's and also for dog lovers who just like to watch and appreciate all breeds of dogs. This disease is devasting to now the whole of Britain(it has crossed to Ireland) and everyone must support the countrieside restrictions if we have any hope of containing the foot and mouth virus.I live in the north east where apparently the foot and mouth outbreak started, our country side in the surrounding areas where I live is slowly becoming bare of all farm animal life. I do feel sorry for everyone who would have been taking part in crufts, it takes a lot of hard work and time to get a dog up to the standard to qualify for crufts. Let's hope the virus is contained sooner rather than later for all animals sake.
Lisa