Leepile the maverick returns
Sunday, May 04, 2014
He is still the hyper, fast-talking, walk-running and hearty laughing Tony with no care in the world. But up until recently, the burning fire in his eyes had dimmed. For more than a decade, he had fought one court battle after another, not of criminal but of somewhat constitutional nature. Victory has come home at last!
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...