Hungary has emerged as a Dog Breeding Power in europe. In the last two years, its legally exported over 70,000 puppies within the eu. A huge network of puppy farms grew up here after the collapse of the soviet union. The system changed. The state farms and co operative farms were privatised. So, people stopped working with cows, stopped working with swine and the italian tradesmen came into hungary and saw a big business, and they started to build up a network of Puppy Producers here in hungary, and then the people, step by step, realised that they can make money on dogs instead of Keeping Swine and rabbits, and they put these animals in the place of the swine and poultry and rabbit. The industry is controlled by the government through licensing and farms are expected to conform to Animal Welfare standards but anyone can register online to be a breeder without any initial checks. This is puspokladany. This town ofjust 16,000 people has 154 registered breeders. The nebih is the Governme
Begins, cheltenham roar, is the festival begins, kicking off four days of racing. Begins, kicking off four days of racing, culminating in the gold cup on friday on friday. Good morning. A fairly on friday. Good morning. A fairly cloudy day for most of us today. Patchy light rain in the north. Heavy rain in the south. The temperature continues to climb in the next few days. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its tuesday, 12th march. A long awaited report into Veterinary Services will be published this morning, after concerns pet owners are facing expensive bills when paying for treatments. The Competition And Markets Authority launched the review last year, and has previously said that fees were rising faster than other goods and services during the cost of living crisis. Nina has the details. Good morning. Are you paying too much to care for your furry friend . Why have vet costs been rising faster than general inflation . Are you getting a fair deal when it comes to costing
position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before accepting it? well, yes, because it s a position where we have to attend 58% of the population and we have a majority of black population in brazil. but even though we have that number, we have a lot of emergencies and problems and issues that we need to take care very carefully. even though i voted for lula since my first election, i was very happy but, at the same time, i had a conversation with my parents first just because, you know, my mum and my daddy had just lost another daughter in politics five years ago and, of course, it would be important to talk to them but at the same time, it was a great opportunity. i was very honoured to be invited and i knew that we had a lot of work to do and as i am compromised to everything that i do, i accepted. yeah. the clear majority of brazilians who are living in poverty are black. when we look at the number of homicides every year, 80%