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TOP TV STAR JOINS DOVER MP IN LIVE EXPORTS FIGHT

Joanna Lumley

Dover can expect more animal rights demonstrations following news that Joanna Lumley and local MP Gwyn Prosser will be spearheading a protest calling on the Government to keep a ban on live veal calf exports, 10 years after the practice prompted angry demonstrations across Britain. 

Campaigners are now preparing to fight the reinstatement of the trade, as bans on the export of British beef are dropped next week. 

The former model and star of the BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous will present a giant postcard to the animal welfare minister Ben Bradshaw tomorrow (2 May) calling for last-minute action to save the calves.

Speaking to the Independent, Miss Lumley said: "It is simply unacceptable to treat living creatures this way."