A farmer from Bradford on Avon is appealing to the public not to use Chinese lanterns during summer parties as the wire inside can kill cattle.

Ian Moore, of Gapwood Farm, off Jones Hill in Bradford, found several lanterns in his field over the weekend of July 25 - two of which had been chewed by his cattle.

Mr Moore said: “There is very fine wire in them and it only takes about an inch of wire to kill them.

“It is not a quick death either; they die in agony.

“If I didn’t find them it could have got into the silage and caused all sorts of problems.

“They shouldn’t be used at all because they are going to come down somewhere and there are always animals around.”

Mr Moore’s farm has 170 beef cattle.