Today former Secretary of State for Defra and Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation Patron Theresa Villiers MP has written a piece in Politics Home following the Government’s decision to discontinue the Kept Animals Bill.

Yesterday (Thursday 25th May) Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) welcomed the launch of the first-ever Animal Sentience Committee with the appointment of five new members.

Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation is disappointed by the statement delivered today by Minister for Farming and Rural Affairs the Rt Hon. Mark Spencer MP which confirmed the Government has made the decision to discontinue the passage of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill. We believe this represents a missed opportunity to further enhance the welfare and protection of animals across the United Kingdom.

Today (Tuesday 23rd May) Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) Patron Anna Firth MP led the First Reading of her new Private Members Bill, the Animal Welfare (Responsibility for Dog Attacks) Bill.

London, 10th May 2023 Today (Wednesday 10th May) Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) Patron Anna Firth MP has launched her new Private Members Bill, the

Today (Friday 17th March) the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) is delighted to welcome Conservative MP Angela Richardson’s Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill passing its final stages in the House of Commons.

Today (Friday 17th March) the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) is delighted that Patron Henry Smith MP’s Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill has passed its Remaining Stages in the House of Commons. The Bill will now enter the House of Lords to complete its passage.

Today (Wednesday 8th March) the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has welcomed the Committee Stage of Conservative MP Angela Richardson’s Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill.

Today (Thursday 8th September) the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has welcomed the announcement from Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt MP that the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill will return to Parliament for its Report Stage on Monday 19th September.

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.

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 Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has welcomed the final stage of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill in its passage to becoming UK law.

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.

A group of Conservatives have urged the UK government not to abandon its plans to ban imports of foie gras and fur.

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

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.

We ask MPs to attend and support this important bill on Tuesday the 18th of January. Please contact your MP to support the Bill

The Environment Bill is now law.
This legislation will clean up our air, water and land and help us combat:
Biodiversity loss
Climate change
Waste
These changes will be driven by legally binding environmental targets and will be enforced by a new independent Office for Environmental Protection.

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, George Eustice, opened the Second Reading of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill by noting that the UK was the first country in the world to pass legislation to protect animals as long ago as the Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act 1822.

There has never been any question that the Conservative Party believes animals are sentient beings. We have a proud tradition of animal welfare measures. Within weeks of being Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher introduced the Farm Animal Welfare Committee. Since then, Conservative governments have led the way in animal welfare.

We welcome the Government’s announcement that pet abduction will become a criminal offence in the UK, following the publication of a report by the Government’s Pet Theft Taskforce.