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<p>National Highways recognises that ragwort poisoning can have a devastating effect
on horses, as well as being damaging to cattle and other animals. However, in the
right place, and where there is no risk to animal welfare, ragwort contributes to
the biodiversity of the flora and fauna of the countryside.</p><p> </p><p>On the strategic
road network, where ragwort presents a high risk of poisoning horses and livestock
or spreading to fields used for the production of forage, National Highways prevents
ragwort spreading. National Highways policy for Common Ragwort control applies Defra’s
‘Code of Practice on how to Prevent the Spread of Ragwort’.</p><p> </p>
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