
09/01/2012
Charlotte Smith hears that live animal exports are on the increase. More than 80,000 animals were shipped from Ramsgate in 2011.
Charlotte Smith hears that live animal exports are on the increase. More than 80 thousand animals were shipped from Ramsgate last year. The animal welfare charity Compassion in World Farming is now launching a campaign to end the transport of calves and sheep across long distances, which it claims can cause suffering.
Wildlife Trusts in Wales are asking people to keep an eye for the elusive hare, to get an idea of the current population, which is believed to have dropped by around three quarters since the second world war. Rob Parry from the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales tells Farming Today intensive agriculture is to blame for the hare's decline.
And first it was battery eggs, now there are warnings that by next year European bacon could be breaking the law. With new EU welfare rules due to be introduced next January, British pig farmers warn many European countries won't meet the deadline. Mick Sloyan from BPEX, which represents the pig industry, tells Farming Today that UK producers risk being undercut by cheap, illegally-produced meat.
Presenter: Charlotte Smith; Producer: Melvin Rickarby.
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