Namibia battles cattle disease outbreak as EU suspends several meat…

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNamibia is battling a foot-and-mouth outbreak, and the European Union has suspended several meat imports while authorities impose curbs.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOur guest is inmate forty-oh-four-one-seven, Leopold Mbeki-Ranta, a cattle consultant.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLeopold, the disease threatens farmers' livelihoods and disrupts supply. What does a quarantine actually need to work?

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   Leopold Mbeki-RantaSimple. Nothing crosses the line. Allegedly, the cow that crossed a line in my case was a brown one, at night, in a rented trailer.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA brown one.

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   Leopold Mbeki-RantaI'm saying curbs only work if somebody watches the back roads. I know every back road.

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   Leopold Mbeki-RantaI have a laminated map, Hank, and it is very thorough.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhy does a man in a minimum-security prison have a laminated map of cattle routes?

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   Leopold Mbeki-RantaResearch. Allegedly, the cows were a gift, and the fence was a misunderstanding, and the Tuesday was an accident.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe European Union is not treating this as a misunderstanding. It suspended imports. What should Namibia's farmers do tonight?

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    Leopold Mbeki-RantaHire me. I know how animals get moved when nobody is supposed to move them.

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    Leopold Mbeki-RantaAllegedly, the cow was named Beyoncé, and she went forty miles.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGive me the one rule for keeping disease out.

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    Leopold Mbeki-RantaNever trust a man with a trailer on a Tuesday. It was a Tuesday.