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The British Government’s agenda presents a rare opportunity to get welfare settings right for horses, says World Horse Welfare. Photo: World Horse Welfare
Britain’s new Action Plan for Animal Welfare is being hailed as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to bring in changes that truly protect horse welfare.
Roly Owers, chief executive of the British charity World Horse Welfare, said the British government had firmly put animal welfare on its agenda for the new parliamentary session.
“Horses often fall through the welfare legislative cracks between the categories of companion animals and livestock,” he said. “But now we have an opportunity to make changes in a number of areas concurrently that can support real improvements to the welfare of all equines.”
UK to lead the way on animal welfare through flagship new Action Plan
UK launches first ever action plan to improve the welfare and conservation of animals at home and abroad
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In a first of its kind, the Government has today published an action plan for animal welfare that will revolutionise the treatment of animals in the UK and introduce measures to protect the welfare of animals abroad.
Now that we have left the EU, the UK has new freedoms to further strengthen animal welfare standards and reinforce its position as a global champion of animal rights.
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UK to lead way on animal welfare through flagship new Action Plan
In a first of its kind, the Government has today published an action plan for animal welfare that will revolutionise the treatment of animals in the UK and introduce measures to protect the welfare of animals abroad.
Now that we have left the EU, the UK has new freedoms to further strengthen animal welfare standards and reinforce its position as a global champion of animal rights.
The Action Plan for Animal Welfare, launched today by the Environment Secretary George Eustice, will build on our existing world leading standards by recognising animals as sentient in law and committing to a range of new game changing welfare measures to protect pets, livestock and wild animals.
Rules to tackle puppy smuggling, make keeping primates as pets illegal and ban imports of hunting trophies are part of a new push to protect animals, ministers said.
The Government is introducing a new law to recognise animals are sentient beings – which have feelings such as pleasure, pain and fear – as it sets out an action plan to help domesticated and wild creatures in the UK and abroad.
The action plan for animal welfare includes stopping ads in the UK for things such as elephant rides abroad and exploring a ban on foie gras.
The plan is a mixture of new measures, confirmation of manifesto commitments and moves that have been consulted on and will now be introduced, or ones that have been previously attempted.