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ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOW WON’T BE GOING VEGAN

The organisers of the Royal Highland Show have rejected suggestions by animal rights group PETA that the show should become a vegan event.

The activists had called for an end to what it labelled “outdated cow parades, cruel sheep shearing and food that has been cut or expelled from an animal’s body”, demanding the event be

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