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Drones reveal true scale of US-style megafarms in the UK

Campaigners say landmark rulings could be end of new factory farms in this country

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Apr 30, 2025
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Pigs from space in North Yorkshire

New images of the UK’s 30 largest so-called livestock ‘megafarms’ – dubbed the Dirty Thirty by environmental campaigners – have today been revealed for the first time showing how these facilities have rapidly expanded across the country.

The drone footage and satellite imagery includes two pig production units in North Y…

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