Podcasts: farming

David Takle is a 43-year-old sheep-shearer living and working in Somerset, England. For the Spotlight column A Day in My Life, Eve Lucas interviewed Takle about his work.

Andre Georgescu is a hunter in South Australia who earns a living shooting any animal that is considered a pest to local farmers. Vassil Malandris, asks Georgescu about koala bears.

The tiny state of Mizoram in North Eastern India is currently suffering from a plague of rats. Find out more about this horrifying natural disaster as Jenny Evans reads “Eats shoots and leaves”.