JASON CARROLL, CNN ANCHOR: The British government has announced a change in its foot-and-mouth disease slaughter policy. And that change means a new lease on life for a young, high-profile calf that has become a national symbol of the cull.</s>PHILIP BOARD, PHOENIX'S OWNER: I don't want this calf to die, you know. It's basically a symbol for the rest of the farmers to say we can start again, you know.</s>CARROLL: After a flurry of publicity, Prime Minister Tony Blair himself intervened and gave Phoenix a reprieve. In fact, British authorities now say they have foot-and-mouth so under control that healthy animals like Phoenix will no longer be slaughtered just because there are cases of foot-and-mouth disease nearby.
Foot-and-Mouth Disease: British Government Scales Back Culling