The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) welcomes Patron Henry Smith MP’s Private Members Bill, Second Reading, the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill, which would ban trophy hunting imports to the UK.
Dr. Steven McCulloch, head of research at the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation, argues that the UK should ban the use of farrowing crates for pigs and the veterinary profession must provide its full support. Dr. Steven McCulloch is Senior Lecturer in Human-Animal Studies at the Centre for Animal Welfare, University of Winchester. Steven qualified as a veterinary surgeon from Bristol University.
We are delighted that leadership candidate Rishi’s Sunak pledged to champion the Kept Animals Bill and Action Plan For Animal Welfare in response to Lorraine Platt, the co-founder of the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation
The Conservative leadership contest presents an excellent opportunity to show voters that candidates are committed to advancing animal welfare. MP’s mailbags show that animal welfare is one of the public’s top priorities. In the remaining stages of the leadership contest, it is important that the current animal welfare reforms continue under a new Prime Minister.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has welcomed a session of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare focussed on increasing welfare protection for farmed fish. The purpose of the meeting was to consider current protections for farmed fish, including the effectiveness of voluntary schemes, and whether action needs to be taken by industry and government.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) is saddened by the resignation of Prime Minister, Rt Hon. Boris Johnson MP today as Leader of the Conservative Party.
As a champion for animal welfare, we would like to pay tribute to the many important animal welfare achievements under his leadership.
Today’s report shows the typical sow spends 22% of her adult breeding life confined in a tiny crate, given sows are crated one week prior to farrowing and sows produce around 2.3 litters per year. Many countries have outlawed this practice, but it is still used for 60% of UK herds (around 200,000 sows).
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) is supporting ‘Cecil’s Week’, a week of events organised by the APPG on Banning Trophy Hunting to mark the 7th anniversary of Cecil the lion killed by an American trophy hunter in Zimbabwe .
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has welcomed a Westminster Hall debate led by Matt Vickers MP on ‘Ending cages for farmed animals’.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has today responded to the Government’s Food Strategy Policy Paper. This comes following Henry Dimbleby’s report published last year on the UK food system.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has today welcomed Patron Henry Smith MP’s Private Members Bill, the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill, which would ban trophy hunting imports to the UK.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has today joined MPs, charities, and NGOs at a rally in Parliament Square to take part in the 7th annual International Awareness Day to Ban Live Exports. Attendees included CAWF Patron Theresa Villiers MP, actor Peter Egan, and Shadow DEFRA Minister Daniel Zeichner MP.
The report, ‘Cleaner Fish – the millions of hidden casualties of the salmon industry’, spotlights the use of lumpfish and wrasse species as cleaning tools to consume sea lice on salmon farms, primarily in Scotland
The report, ‘The Case for Ending Beak Trimming’, outlines what beak trimming entails and how it is currently justified, the economic implications of its use, and ultimately why we must move away from this painful practice. Beak trimming is widely employed across the egg industry; this amounts to tens of millions of hens in the UK who suffer this practice.
Secretary of State George Eustice recently announced that DEFRA would launch a call for evidence to assess the impact of a ban on cages for hens by the end of the year. The RSPCA, the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation and The Humane League UK prepared a letter to the Minister calling on him to launch the proposed consultation.
CAWF is pleased to welcome the Government’s decision to carry over the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill into the next parliamentary session. This flagship Bill which forms an important part of the Action Plan for Animal Welfare will crucially ban live exports for fattening and slaughter and a number of other measures to protect our farmed animals, pets, and wild animals.
After their election in 2019, the Government followed through on manifesto promises with the publication of the Action Plan for Animal Welfare, a package of commitments within three flagship bills which together have the potential to make the UK a world-leader in animal welfare. These are the Animal Sentience, Kept Animals, and Animals Abroad Bills.
Animal health and welfare bills receive Royal Assent, further strengthen the UK’s position as a world leader for animal health and welfare.
The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill was first introduced in the House of Commons on 21st June 2021 and forms a key part of the Government’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare.
Our spring news letter covers all the latest CAWF news, and our recent success stories, including welfare bills and legislation wins.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has welcomed the final stage of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill in its passage to becoming UK law.
31st March, 2022: The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation, the Humane League UK, and the RSPCA hosted influential figures across the media, government and food sector to call for an end to cages for laying hens.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) is delighted to welcome the next stages of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill in its passage to becoming UK law. The Report Stage and Third Reading of the Bill took place yesterday, to be followed by a return to the House of Lords.
The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] was introduced in the House of Lords on 13 May 2021. We ask MPs to support the important Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill in its final parliamentary stages.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation welcomes this initiative to advance farm animal health and welfare. Defra is considering the case for introducing reforms, such as the use of farrowing crates for pigs and enriched cages for laying hens.” The Animal Health and Welfare Pathway- It supports farmers to transition to higher welfare practices and systems
A group of Conservatives have urged the UK government not to abandon its plans to ban imports of foie gras and fur.
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) and Animal Equality UK have published a joint report, ‘The Case for Regular Inspections and Mandatory CCTV in Fish Slaughterhouses.’
Great News! The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill has come one step closer to becoming enshrined in UK law. The Committee Stage took place in the House of Commons on 10 February and it passed to the Report Stage
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF), Humane League, and CAWF Patron Henry Smith MP met in the Waitrose Victoria store with UK food company Waitrose to discuss support for ending cages for laying hens in the UK.
Today the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation has welcomed an amendment laid by Patron Henry Smith MP to the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill on the handling and transport of laying hens prior to slaughter.
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