Local volunteers ready to help state vet's office

The chairperson of the Outeniqua Farmers' Association, Bossie Terblanche, says a fairly large group of volunteers is ready to assist the George state veterinarian's office with logistics as more foot-andmouth disease (FMD) vaccines become available.

- Alida de Beer

Terblanche has taken the initiative to find volunteers and has now formally submitted an offer of assistance to the George state vet's office. “Agri Western Cape is also following up on the matter with the Western Cape Department of Agriculture. If they need people, they must just say. We are ready,” he said.

The volunteers include retired farmers who have settled in the area from other parts of the country, agriculture students from the Nelson Mandela University's George Campus, former agricultural students now living in George and Sedgefield, and even local ministers.