Farming Today

The government calls for CCTV in abattoirs, to protect animal welfare. But Anna Hill hears that, despite a series of serious breaches, the cameras will be voluntary. The RSPCA tells Farming Today cameras should be mandatory, the founder of the Small Abattoir Federation The numbers of Dartmoor ponies are falling, as continental consumers lose their appetite for horse meat. Farming Today joins the annual round-up of these semi-wild creatures to see whether this ancient tradition can survive the recession. Three quarters of all rivers in England and Wales would fail new standards for river cleanliness, and government has said farmers must pollute less. Anna Hill visits a farm in Norfolk to see how that can be done.