Foot and mouth

Recent news of a Foot and Mouth outbreak in Surrey prompted a remark by a close friend. She has a long-standing friendship with a guy who owned a trucking company. Most of his business in 2001 when the horrendous Foot and Mouth epidemic devastated the livelihoods of those working in agriculture. Her friend was alarmed that he could lose everything. His business was wiped out as a consequence of the ban on transporting livestock. In a desperate move to stave off bankruptcy and protect his wife and young family, he transferred ownership of his home into his wife's name. Tragically, on his return from a trip when he was trying to drum up some business, he arrived home to find all his possessions had been dumped outside 'his wife's home'. Unknown to him, she'd been having an affair for many months. The moment the house was in her name, she threw her husband out, and her lover moved in. The husband lost everything.