Figure 3. Temporal distribution of animal slaughter for disease control and animal welfare reasons in the 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic in the UK. Time period is on the x-axis. There was a large increase in animal welfare slaughter in the final stages of the disease eradication due to the Livestock Welfare Disposal Scheme-Light Lambs, which was initiated to deal with slaughter lambs that could not be marketed because of a ban on exports and other movement controls, and that could otherwise have faced severe welfare problems to overwinter (27).