It employs thousands, touches almost every aspect of the British countryside - but is it out of control?
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The government is now calling for evidence about the impact of the gamebird shooting industry on biodiversity and biosecurity.
Channel 4 News has obtained covert video filmed at just a few of hundreds of large gamebird farms in Britain.
Those images reveal broken rules which risk both the environment and human health.
A warning: this report contains very distressing images of injured and dead birdlife and scenes of animal cruelty.
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