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This week: Ivory, animal cruelty sentencing and £50 million flood defences

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 6 October 2017 - Categories: Weekly stories
Graphic showing an elephant in Africa, with the statement 'The UK is a global leader in the fight against illegal wildlife trade'

Sentences for animal cruelty to increase tenfold to five years This week, Environment Secretary Michael Gove unveiled plans to increase sentences for the most heinous cases of animal cruelty to...

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