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21/10/2012

Rachael Garside looks at the increasing number of stray cats in Wales.

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Mon 22 Oct 2012 05:30

Young dairy producers and stray cats

Welsh dairy producer numbers continue to fall, now down to 1,902 according to new figures from . It's a figure that's of concern to the struggling industry that if it's to survive needs to encourage the next generation of young farmers. It was with that in mind that Rachael Garside visits the Welsh Dairy Show which was held in Carmarthen to ask what's the future for the young dairy farmer

Do you have fields on your smallholding or farm that could be restored or managed as traditional haymeadows? The are looking for fields where they could reintroduce them on farmland. For further information please contact: Hilary Kehoe 07726358228 or email: agap@wildlifetrustswales.org

We hear how a startling rise in the number of stray cats is being attributed to a growing number of pet owners abandoning them as they struggle with everyday bills during the economic crisis. The charity, say at the same time a number of amateur breeders has emerged leading to an unprecedented number of abandoned and feral cats. We visit their Bridgend centre where they're keen for people to adopt a cat and give it a home.

The on Llanddwyn Island has been a rubble strewn ruin for 60 years or more but as our Community reporter Huw Jenkins discovers visitors today would barely recognise it. He meets Graham Williams the Countryside Council for Wales, senior reserve manager for the local National Nature Reserve for a guided tour of the restoration in this most romantic places on the south east corner of Anglesey.

And finally - throughout the year on Country Focus, as the season's change we've been following Wyn Davies, the area warden for the National Trust in Carmarthenshire. Having started in winter and as the dark nights draw in we've reached Autumn at near Llandeilo.

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  • Sun 21 Oct 2012 07:00
  • Mon 22 Oct 2012 05:30

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