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In case you missed it 🐾

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has unveiled our new Animal Welfare Strategy, bringing forward some of the strongest changes to animal welfare in a generation.

This delivers on our manifesto promise and ensures our laws finally catch up with the evidence, improving the lives of animals in our homes, on farms, and in the wild.

Key measures include:

🐶 Pets & Companion Animals

👉Reforming dog breeding to improve health and welfare and end puppy farming
👉Consulting on a ban on electric shock collars due to the harm they can cause
👉Considering new licensing for rescue and rehoming organisations to ensure proper checks
👉Promoting responsible dog ownership to protect public safety

🐄 Farm Animals

👉Moving away from confinement systems like colony cages for laying hens and pig farrowing crates
👉Addressing welfare concerns around the use of carbon dioxide to stun pigs
👉Introducing humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish
👉Promoting the use of slower-growing meat chicken breeds

🦌 Wildlife

👉Banning trail hunting, amid concerns it is being used as a smokescreen for hunting
👉Banning snare traps, which cause suffering and can catch pets
👉Introducing a close season for hares to protect them during breeding season

This strategy represents a major step forward for animal welfare across the UK. 🐾 ... See MoreSee Less