21/11/20 Farming Today This Week: Live animal exports

Farming Today

• Episode: 21/11/20 Farming Today This Week: Live animal exports
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:24:52
• Published: 2020-11-21 08:00

The controversial issue of live animal exports - we hear all the arguments. Animal welfare campaigners call the trade cruel and unacceptable, while those involved insist animals are well cared for and that live export is an small but important market for farmers. The Prime Minister has talked about introducing a ban and the Conservative election manifesto talked of "ending excessively long journeys" once we leave the EU. A government consultation is expected to be launched before the end of the year. And the biggest traditional auction of mistletoe is being cancelled, for the first time in 160 years. Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.