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Drone footage shows spread and size of Britain’s mega-farms that ‘speed up climate change’New drone footage has revealed the spread of US-style mega-farms in Britain and worldwide – after MEPs voted to slash funding for them.The aerial film was taken to show the scale of industrial sheds that mostly house farm animals permanently indoors.Intensive farming is blamed for helping to accelerate climate change, driving species loss, emitting damaging slurry and nitrates, putting smaller farmers out of business and causing large-scale animal suffering by cramming creatures into windowless buildings with no outdoors access.The UK has an estimated 800 mega-farms, after an increase of at least 26 per cent since 2011.The biggest mega-farms house more than a million chickens, 20,000 pigs or 2,000 cattle. Two weeks ago, MEPs voted to cut funding for farms that exceed a certain stocking density and for new rules saying farm animals must be able to lie down, stand up, extend their limbs and turn around.The environment committee also voted to block national subsidies for large facilities not respecting basic animal-welfare principles. The agriculture committee will vote on the plans next week.
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