[Porterlauren]

So now we are advocating driving sheep farmers out of marginal land. If that kind of thing really came in, it would crush a hell of a lot of families. . . .

But a balance is good.

[Buttermilk]

There are a goodly number of voices in the community that do not believe that any animal should be "exploited" by man.  This covers keeping pets as well as raising stock for the table, riding horses or milking cows.  They are getting very noisy and infiltrating all corners spreading "the word".

[Louise Gaunt]

So we all go down the route of not keeping any animals for "exploitation", does this mean we all become vegan and only wear cotton and linen and man made fibres ?!

[Steph Hen]

So we all go down the route of not keeping any animals for "exploitation", does this mean we all become vegan and only wear cotton and linen and man made fibres ?!

Yes.
There was even a protest on bbc breakfast the other day: ban shearing of sheep! It stresses them out, they sometimes get cut and we don't need to steal their wool when we can use non animal fibres.

[SallyintNorth]

So we all go down the route of not keeping any animals for "exploitation", does this mean we all become vegan and only wear cotton and linen and man made fibres ?!

Yes.
There was even a protest on bbc breakfast the other day: ban shearing of sheep! It stresses them out, they sometimes get cut and we don't need to steal their wool when we can use non animal fibres.

Which just tells you how little these people know about animal welfare. 

[Marches Farmer]

..... or how little they understand about skylarks nesting in short grasses and the stratified sheep breeding system that's unique to the UK.