Crap though it is in every other way, the Daily Mail does have moments of brilliance on animal issues. This is largely because Lord Rothermere (previous owner, father of the current one), despite being a raging right-winger, did have a soft spot for animals. He was probably the only Tory peer to oppose foxhunting, and the paper put out a lot of good stuff on live exports a few years back. Kind of like Alan Clark, only in the other house of parliament.