Hundreds of hens were saved from death twice in a day thanks to two motorway traffic officers.British Hen Welfare Trust founder Jane Howorth MBE and volunteer Jacqui Pateman-Jones were transporting 230 battery hens down the M5 to be rehomed as pets in the Devon area, when a rear tyre blew on their van.Highways England traffic officers, Nick Wiltshire and Steve Mason, were on routine patrol when they spotted a van on the slip road at junction 24 with a smoking tyre, and pulled in behind to offer...
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