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Country Focus: Heathland and Racehorse Retirement

Heathland and Racehorse Retirement

BBC Radio Wales - Country Focus, Heathland and Racehorse Retirement

Restoring a rare and threatened habitat, and a thoroughbred census.

Heathers, gorse and grasses - restoring a lowland heathland in the Vale of Glamorgan, and what happens to racehorses when their racing career finishes?

Ahead of the Royal Welsh Winter Fair we catch up with the Welsh Government's Rural Affairs Minister, Lesley Griffiths, amid challenging times for the agricultural industry.

The restoration of a rare heathland habitat in Hensol Forest, in the Vale of Glamorgan.  

Sheep farming in Wales as you've never seen it before - "A Hardy Breed: Sheep Farming in Wales" a photography book by Bruce Cardwell

And a thoroughbred census to establish what happens to the horses when their racing days are over.

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