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

Join us and The Webinar Vet online on Tuesday 2nd December at 2pm to hear from legal, veterinary and academic experts on this issue.

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#APigsTail #AnimalLaw
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
But the evidence clearly indicates tail docking remains a routine procedure.
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Routine mutilations are forbidden.
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is why we’re leading the call for #OfficialGuidance for fish and decapod crustaceans.

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

#PainAtTheTimeofKilling #OffishialGuidance #AnimalProtection
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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.
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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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November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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.
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM