What is the role of vets in this? And what is the way forward?

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#APigsTail #AnimalLaw

But the evidence clearly indicates tail docking remains a routine procedure.

Routine mutilations are forbidden.

Sadly, our research on #TheEnforcementProblem reveals widespread and systemic under-enforcement of these laws.

To tackle this, we believe it is of vital importance that laws that exist to protect animals are understood and applied.

#AnimalProtection #AnimalLaw

This is why we’re leading the call for #OfficialGuidance for fish and decapod crustaceans.

Read more: animallawfoundation.org/crustaceans-...

#PainAtTheTimeofKilling #OffishialGuidance #AnimalProtection

Clarity in legal requirements is essential for enforcement. Official guidance helps translate legal protections into day-to-day practice to ensure animals get the safeguards the law already promises them.

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#HandleWithCare #ChickenHandling #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection

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After Wakker Dier’s success in challenging the Dutch Government for lack of enforcement of EU Transport Regulation 1/2005, where the Court ruled that the law should be enforced, UK animal groups decided to make similar arguments, as the same law applied here.

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Later that day, we presented data findings on #TheEnforcementProblem in Parliament, sharing evidence with MPs and stakeholders at the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare – data we will be sharing publicly soon.

#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #TradeTalks

We were covered in yesterday's POLITICO’s Trade UK newsletter. Read the Trade and Agricultural Commission report here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/690389...

#AnimalLaw #FreeTradeAgreement

The UK government has recognised that under WTO rules it can restrict imports on animal welfare grounds if the practice also falls foul of domestic legislation, which many Indian practices would.

Without clear domestic legislation prohibiting such practices in the UK, it will be difficult to restrict imports produced in these ways, even when they fall far below the expectations of the British public.

However, there are serious concerns about welfare practices in some 🇮🇳 production systems, which this agreement is set to increase, particularly prawn and cattle farming and leather production, where methods such as eyestalk ablation, inhumane slaughter and poor transport conditions remain common

It is encouraging that the deal reaffirms the UK’s right to uphold its own high standards through preventing any dilution of our existing protections and restricting imports on animal welfare grounds in compliance with World Trade Organisation rules.