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Letters: "British farmers risk being abandoned again by animal welfare reform"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Ex-pig farmer John Walmsley, Blackburn, warns that higher welfare laws could once again undercut British farmers if trade protections are not enforced

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Letters: "British farmers risk being abandoned again by animal welfare reform"

The recently announced Animal Welfare Bill caught the attention of Private Eye magazine last week and, as an ex-pig farmer in the 1990s, I agree with what the article said. The Eye said, welcome though...

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