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Substantial fines for farmers who 'knowingly' kept cattle with bovine TB reactors on farm

Judge Christopher Vosper KC said the defendants had 'taken a cavalier approach to the regulations designed to restrict the spread of bovine TB among cattle' and described their actions as 'reckless'

Chris Brayford
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Substantial fines for farmers who 'knowingly' kept cattle with bovine TB reactors on farm

A Welsh farming family has been fined for 'deliberately' swapping cattle ear tags to keep bovine TB infected animals on farm. Pembrokeshire County Council said three men had been sentenced at Swansea...

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