May 14, 2021 08:59 AM EDT
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 14: Labour's Shadow Environment Secretary Sue Hayman poses with an injured dog as she visits RSPCA's Harmsworth Memorial Animal Hospital on February 14, 2018 in London, England. The Labour Party has announced a series of new animal welfare policies, including a ban on live animal exports for slaughter, an end to the badger cull and a new legal right for residential tenants to keep pets.
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Can UK laws legislate compassion for animals?
The report is called Action for Animals and it will provide research and data that will drive policies enforcing better treatment of animals in the UK (while also contributing to the efforts of conservationists worldwide).