Channel 4 recently aired a controversial new series, Meat The Family, which confronted “the reality of an animal’s journey from field to plate” by featuring three meat-loving families who were asked to adopt an animal for three weeks before sending it to slaughter if they refuse to stop consuming meat at the end of the experiment.

Four families took part, raising broiler hens, pigs, lambs and calves, before having to decide whether to send them to slaughter, or send them to live the rest of their lives safe at a sanctuary and go vegetarian.

Thankfully, two of the calves who were featured on the show, Tomos and Bedwyr, who lived with couple Steffan and Nicky and their children for three weeks in their garden in Barry, were spared from slaughter and given a new life at South Wales-based animal sanctuary Deans Farm Trust.