UK has nearly 800 livestock mega farms, investigation reveals

Exclusive: US-style intensive factory farming of poultry, pigs and cattle is sweeping across the British countryside - raising concerns over animal cruelty

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Nearly every county in England has at least one industrial-scale livestock farm, with close to 800 US-style mega farms operating across the UK, new research reveals.

The increase in mega farms - which critics describe as "cruel and unnecessary" - is part of a 26% rise in intensive factory farming in six years, a shift that is transforming the British countryside.