Today (Wednesday 21st June) an Opposition Day Debate has taken place in the House of Commons, which called for the return of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill. This was organised following a statement by the Minister for Farming and Rural Affairs the Rt Hon. Mark Spencer MP on 25th May which confirmed the Government has made the decision to discontinue the passage of the Bill.
Today (Wednesday 14th June) Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation is supporting the ‘Ban live exports’ international awareness day. This annual awareness day is joined by NGOs, charities, campaigners, and politicians across the globe.
Today (Monday 5th June 2023) Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has welcomed the launch of a new petition by Conservative MP and animal welfare champion Andrea Jenkyns urging the Government to reverse its decision to discontinue the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation has signed a joint letter with 30 other organisations and taken part in a festive ‘Love Actually’ themed film to urge the Prime Minister and the Government to return the #KeptAnimalsBill. Parliamentary time must be prioritised to deliver promised animal protection laws.
This Monday 5th December Conservative MP Elliot Colburn will be leading a Westminster Hall debate relating to the petition titled: ‘Find the time to take the Kept Animals Bill through Parliament and make it law’.
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 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.
We have welcomed the Government’s response to the Consultation on Improvements to animal welfare in transport.
June 14th is the day to speak for the millions of farmed animals transported over long distances every year.
I urge the Government to fulfil our manifesto pledge to ban live animal exports as I outlined in the House of Commons of Friday 23rd October 2020.
One of two livestock ships at sea since mid-December with thousands of cattle on board is now at the Spanish port of Cartagena, but the fate of its cargo is unclear.
Foreign Secretary The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP officially new office in Hampton Court.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation welcomes the Government’s announcement of the consultation.
Livestock from the UK is being shipped to the Middle East and slaughtered in “dreadful, terrifying” ways, animal welfare charities claim.
Campaigners argued that the journeys were unlawful because calves went more than nine hours without being fed.
‘Animal Welfare Matters’ Film Release At Our Fringe At The Conservative Party Conference On 4 October – World Animal Day
Amendment to the Agriculture Bill to end live exports for slaughter and fattening tabled by Conservative Peer Baroness Fookes, House of Lords – July 23 2020
Patrons Sir Roger Gale and Sir David Amess urge for an end to live animal exports – The Independent, June 2020
The global live export trade connects us all. Animals who begin their journeys in Scotland endure gruelling journeys to Spain
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation volunteers joined the protest against live animal exports in Ramsgate Port on August 8th 2019.
A cross-party group of MPs has called on the Minister for Countering Extremism, Baroness WIlliams of Trafford, to ban the use of living animals in warfare experiments.
Speak out for the vulnerable and let’s end this vile trade which causes immense suffering for farm animals
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation welcomes support for the below pledges on animal welfare in the EU during the 2019-2023 Parliamentary session.
This is the conclusion of a joint investigation undertaken by Eyes on Animals and French organisation L214
EU Parliament Calls To Reduce And Replace Live Animal Transports, 14 February 2019
Scottish ministers have been urged to ban the “barbaric” export of unweaned calves – the Times, January 2019
Theresa Villiers MP calls for an end to live animal exports as petitions totalling 1.3 million signatures, handed to Defra on 29 October.
‘Veal calves ‘trying to suckle on people’s hands for comfort’ endure tortuous journey from Scotland to be slaughtered in Spain’ Daily Mirror 17 Oct 2018
‘Barbaric’ live sheep exports must stop and Brexit may actually help speed up ban,’ Daily Mirror 11 Oct 2018
P&O stops transporting calves following BBC investigation- BBC Scotland, 11 September 2018 Three-week-old calves are being transported to Europe.( BBC news article ) A ferry
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