From the editor: Olivia Midgley - 'Government must go further to tackle livestock worrying'

Amending Government legislation can be like turning an oil tanker around – slow, frustrating, sometimes impossible.

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From the editor: Olivia Midgley - 'Government must go further to tackle livestock worrying'

Amending Government legislation can be like turning an oil tanker around - slow, frustrating, sometimes impossible. So toughening up livestock worrying legislation and giving police more powers to deal...

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