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Seals killed by salmon farmers

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As many as 3,000 seals are being killed - legally - by salmon farmers in Britain every year according to wildlife campaign groups.

Farmers' groups say the seals are a huge threat to farmed salmon because they can bite through any net, but also say the number they kill is around a tenth of that claimed.

John Craven reports.

You can see more on this story on Countryfile, at 1900 on Sunday on BBC 1

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