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08/07/2013

Charlotte Smith hears calls from farmers to make fly-grazing a criminal offence, amid reports of a huge rise in abandoned horses.

Farmers are calling for fly-gazing to be made a criminal, rather than a civil, offence. The National Farmers' Union says an increasing number of horses and ponies are being abandoned on other people's land, and it's become a huge problem in some areas. Toby Field visits a horse sanctuary in Somerset, to see what impact fly-grazing has.

And 拢2 million is being spent on research into breeding strawberries which are more resistant to disease.

Presented by Charlotte Smith. Produced in Bristol by Emma Weatherill.

11 minutes

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