The European Union introduced a ban on 14 August on the export of live pigs and pig semen from England, after an outbreak of swine fever was reported in East Anglia on 8 August.

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"I do think it's probably better to live in a place where they are able to root, graze and be a pig, " says Pernice, who lives in a detached house with a large yard.

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"I do think it's probably better to live in a place where they are able to root, graze and be a pig, " says Pernice, 50, who lives in a detached house with a large yard.

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