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Activists are celebrating “historic” animal welfare reforms that could save millions Animal From being gassed to death to making them suffer in tight cages. MeatEggs or fur.
In its animal-welfare strategy, billed as “the most ambitious welfare reform in a generation”, the government is overhauling the laws farm animals, domestic animal And the wildlife,
Campaigners say more than 9 million pig can be saved every year Painful deaths in carbon dioxide chambersAs part of a plan to rethink the practice.
Farmers will be forced to migrate in a phased manner pig litter boxes and colony cages for laying hens – both of which provide cramped conditions that prevent the animals from moving around naturally.
The strategy also proposes “humane slaughter requirements”. Fish reared to protect them from avoidable pain,
And proposals to promote the use of slow-growing meat chicken breeds are designed to benefit 1.1 billion so-called “frankenchicken“Broilers are genetically engineered to balloon every year so fast that their organs and limbs fail,
Sean Gifford, managing director of the Humane League UK, said: “Cruelly caging animals is a stain on British farming, and we are thrilled to see this government following countries like Germany and Austria who have banned them.
“The vast majority of the public thinks that raising animals in small cages is unnecessary and morally wrong. Seven million hens are languishing in confinement and the government needs to act quickly and make cages history.”
He said that if animals are killed painfully and inefficiently, such as by cutting out the gills of fish without stunning, there are no real legal consequences for the workers or the farm. “A change in the law should help address this,” he said.
The Humane League wanted assurances that a consultation would lead to a ban on cages, he said, because the previous government had announced a consultation, but that never happened.
Anthony Field, head of compassion at World Farming UK, welcomed the “historic” step to protect farmed animals, saying 150,000 pigs a year would benefit from eliminating farrowing crates.
However, farmers have said they were concerned that increased welfare standards could increase their costs, leading buyers to buy cheaper foreign imports produced under lower welfare standards.
NFU chairman Tom Bradshaw said: “We know there is demand for our great British food overseas. In all trade deals we need to ensure that we do not continue to dilute domestic production with imported food that would be illegal to produce here.”
Ministers are promising new steps towards banning the import of real fur from cruel fur farm Abroad, where there are foxes, raccoons, minks and other fur-bearing animals are kept in small cages,
The strategy published on Monday morning says ministers will publish the results of the previous government’s call for evidence on the fur trade. Campaigners against fur were outraged by the Tories’ failure to publish those findings and by the Conservative government. U-turn on plan to ban fur imports,
document says it will publish the report and consider it carefully animal welfare Bring together the Committee and a working group on fur, and talk to the EU, a major source of imported fur, about scientific findings on fur animal welfare.
Campaign organization Animal Aid said the proposed ban on netting would save countless animals from hours or days of suffering.
This strategy introduces a “close season” to reduce the number of rabbits killed during the breeding season. Currently, many young rabbits become vulnerable to starvation and predation when their mothers are killed.
Ministers are also promising to end it puppy raisingWhen young dogs are raised in unsanitary conditions and sold at high turnover rates, sometimes from Breeders are renting houses to look reputable,
New licenses for pet rescue and rehabilitation organizations will be considered to ensure sanctuaries are vetted.
Michael Webb, of Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, said the reforms would address some of the key issues the charity had campaigned on for many years.
He said: “There are clearly still a lot of details to be worked out, and the strategy does not claim to tackle every problem facing animals. However, Battersea hopes it will be a catalyst for real, lasting change.”
Government Ban on trail-hunting also announced To prevent the activity from being used as a cover for fox hunting.