In your field: Dan Jones - "Livestock attacks are all too common. How is it that we are facing these heartbreaking scenes over and over?"

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill

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In your field: Dan Jones - "Livestock attacks are all too common. How is it that we are facing these heartbreaking scenes over and over?"

In the life of a farmer, numerous challenges arise on a daily basis. One particularly distressing issue is the increasing number of livestock attacks. Right to roam Recently I had such an incident...

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