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Sheep farmers call Lynx UK Trust's '100% landowner backed' claim 'misleading'
Sheep farmers have called claims by Lynx UK Trust suggesting it has obtained permission from all landowners for the release of lynx as "misleading"…
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Rustlers steal over sixty sheep from Suffolk farm
Sheep rustlers have stolen over sixty ewes and lambs from a farm in Suffolk, with police now appealing for witnesses. Suffolk police now appealing…
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Footage reveals harrowing scenes at 25 sheep farms in England
An undercover investigator who worked at 25 farms in England during summer has released footage which shows shocking animal abuse. The footage was…
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900 tonnes of hay set alight on Hertfordshire farm
Firefighters have tackled a huge farm blaze in Hertfordshire where 900 tons of hay caught fire. Fire crews in Hertfordshire have extinguished a fire…
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Farmers urge police to take hare coursing seriously as new season starts
Farmers and landowners are urging the police to take hare coursing seriously as a rural crime and prioritise tackling offenders as the new season…
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Activists lose court case to stop Defra's decision to extend badger cull zones
Badger activists have lost a High Court case to stop the government's decision to extend cull zones to nine new areas. Ecologist Tom Langton, who is…
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Avian influenza confirmed on Russian poultry farm
A farm in Russia which holds nearly half a million birds has been tested positive for bird flu. The commercial farm, in the Kostromskaya region of…
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Farmers told to 'expect the unexpected' when travelling on rural roads
Farmers and the public have been told to "expect the unexpected" when driving on rural roads following several "dramatic scenes" in North Yorkshire…
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Welsh farmers slam 'painfully slow' progress on tackling bTB in wildlife
Welsh farmers have expressed concern that the level of bovine TB has risen over the last 12 months, despite the introduction of further cattle…
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Air ambulance picks up 5-year-old boy with 'serious leg injury' from farm
An air ambulance was called to a farm in Scotland to pick up a five-year-old boy with a "serious leg injury". The incident occurred on Thursday (16…
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