27/08/19: Pheasant and grouse shooting; Grazing sheep on Hampstead Heath
Farming Today begins a week-long look at the shooting industry. We put some of the objections to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation.
Farming Today begins a week-long exploration of the shooting industry. In this programme, we hear from a farmer who rears pheasant chicks, and Sybil Ruscoe puts some of the objections raised by opponents of the sport to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation.
In London sheep are being released to graze on Hampstead Heath, for the first time in over half a century. We find out why.
Presented by Sybil Ruscoe and produced by Emma Campbell.
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- Tue 27 Aug 201905:45BBC Radio 4
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