On 26/04/2021 12:23, Fredxx wrote:

Given the UK was inhabited by forests before man, the landscape has
changed dramatically. I could see sheep on some highlands but I can't
see the retention of cattle without some serious subsidy.


Sheep need to be shorn every year (which costs more than the
wool is worth).

In D I M s ideal world they would all be turned loose and
left to fend for themselves. Without annual shearing and
treatment with pesticides, flies will lay eggs in the wool
and the maggots then eat the animal alive. Unpleasant death.