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Animal activism has 'ramped up', warns NPA chair

National Pig Association, chair Rob Mutimer, said increased activity from animal activists over the last 3 months was one of the ‘major issues' facing the pig sector right now, not only at farm level, but he said he was also alarmed by the increased number of processors which were being targeted

Rachael Brown
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Animal activism has 'ramped up', warns NPA chair

Farmers have been warned that animal activism has ‘ramped up over the past three months' and was ‘becoming more intimidating'. Pig farmers National Pig Association chair, Rob Mutimer, said after a...

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