welsh farm has been inspected, so we contacted red tractor and two government inspectorates — the food standards agency and the animal and plant healthfarm is currently a member of its assurance scheme. we understand that neither of the government agencies identified any animal welfare concerns. animal equality has reported the welsh farm to the local council and asked it to investigate their findings. last year, parliament approved a new law which increases the maximum prison sentences for those abusing animals from six months to five years. the government is also trying to introduce another piece of legislation, the animal sentience bill. it's really important that we recognise that they are sentient, that they've got the capacity to experience positive and negative emotions, that they may have strong social bonds with one another. in scotland, farmer david finlay says he has faced hostility for doing things differently. we�*re seen as fairly toxic by the industry now. there�*s very few dairy farms that will speak to me, and i�*ll probably be related to most of them. if we can make this work, then the question obviously is, why isn