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BBC's Countryfile slapped with complaints as angry viewers slam 'low point' episode after 'brutal' farming segment


Viewers were left unimpressed after watching a segment on breeding ewes, with some claiming the programme hit a 'low point'.

Adam Henson, a farmer on the show, was seen scouring through female sheep to see whether they needed to be slaughtered due to old age or illness. Adam Henson, a farmer on the show, was seen scouring through female sheep to see whether they needed to be slaughtered due to old age or illness 'Because we'd really want them to be fit and healthy to go round and breed again but obviously the older ewes, when they start to lose their teeth, they can't graze the grass, they get poor.'

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