Britain Exports Bovine TB to Netherlands

As farming groups delivered a letter to the EU requesting intervention in the bovine TB issue this week the Times Online were reporting the story of the calves exported to the Netherlands for veal fattening who were found to have come from a British herd infected with TB.
The Netherlands have been TB free since 1999 [...]

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Silence without the pet lambs

The pet lambs have been weaned and returned to the flock …. their foghorn bleats no longer echo around the steading … I am no longer mobbed as I try to get from ‘a’ to ‘b’ …. my washing stays on the line … my flower borders are no longer being decimated …. there is [...]

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Jealousy in the Duck House

A battle of wills is threatening to disrupt the peace and tranquility of the hen coop ….
Mrs Muscovy hatched 15 adorable ducklings a couple of days ago …. some are all yellow, some yellow and beige, some yellow and brown … all are the cutest wee bundles of fluff imaginable!
However … Mrs Muscovys daughter from [...]

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