A strong voice for Animal Welfare within Politics
A strong voice for Animal Welfare within Politics
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) was established to raise awareness on the lives of billions of animals reared on intensive farms around the world and how this impacts upon animal welfare, the environment and people’s health. We want to highlight the action people can take to help advance farm animal welfare.
New nationally representative polling commissioned by CAWF finds that one in six UK adults places farm animal welfare among the Government’s five highest priorities, while 87% believe protecting farmed animals is important. The findings reveal strong cross-party support and show why animal welfare should form part of confident, credible political leadership.
The UK faces a significant “democratic deficit” in its domestic supply chain. We found that foreign entities now control approximately 45.5% of the UK’s own animal agricultural production and processing by revenue. This dominance is most acute in the dairy (64%), pork (52%), and beef (45%) sectors.
The King’s Speech is more than ceremony. It is the government’s public declaration of priorities and a clear signal to Parliament, campaigners, businesses, and the public about what matters enough to shape the legislative agenda for the year ahead. That is why the absence of animal welfare measures from this year’s King’s Speech matters so deeply.
The arrival of a new Prime Minister provides an opportunity to reset the Government’s approach to animal welfare. It must also be a moment for honesty. During the last wo years in office, Labour failed to introduce a single Government Bill to advance animal welfare, leaving manifesto commitments undelivered and animals waiting for the action they were promised.
Cultivated meat, known variously as lab-grown, cell-based, or cultured meat, involves growing animal cells in bioreactors rather than conventional farming. This groundbreaking technology offers profound opportunities to sustainably meet escalating global meat demands, effectively addressing ethical, environmental, and economic challenges inherent in traditional livestock agriculture.
Foreign ownership of British farmland is increasing, raising important questions about food security, rural resilience and national sovereignty. While overseas investment is not inherently problematic, the growing transfer of agricultural land into foreign hands risks weakening local control over food production and distancing ownership from the communities that depend on it.
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A free ebook written by our Patron John Flack (fmr MEP) and fmr Vice President of the European Parliament Animal Welfare Intergroup.
The central idea of this book is to encourage you to stop and think about the way mankind treats and mis-treats animals both in the United Kingdom, and the wider EU plus give a few selected examples from around the world.
