
15/07/2009
Anna Hill visits a Suffolk farmer who is warning that human lives could be at risk after seven of his cows were electrocuted when a power cable fell into a field of dairy cattle.
News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
A Suffolk farmer is warning that human lives could be at risk after seven of his cows were electrocuted by a power cable which broke and fell into a field full of dairy cattle. It is the second time that such an accident has happened to Robin Richards at his farm in Baylham.
Also on the programme, Defra has been accused by a Parliamentary committee of not doing enough to control the spread of TB in cattle and of failing to give adequate priority to the health of honeybees.
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