But people who live near intensive farming operations say the most significant problem is still the smell.

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Half the people live off subsistence farming but those who do grow surplus food cannot sell much of it.

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Most of the 1, 500 islanders live by subsistence farming, with thousands of others choosing to settle in New Zealand or neighbouring Samoa.

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"Unfortunately it's part of farming, you live with death - but nothing like this, " she added.

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While nearly 45% of UK birds live in free range facilities, battery farming accounts for up to two thirds of production in some countries.

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On Monday, the Farming Minister David Heath announced that every future consignment of live animals that passed through the Port of Ramsgate would be inspected.

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