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'Appalling that the Government has deliberately avoided parliamentary scrutiny of its terrible trade deal with Australia.' - RSPCA
19/07/2022
Appalling that the Government has deliberately avoided parliamentary scrutiny of its terrible trade deal with Australia. The UK Government vowed to be a global leader for animals but now farm welfare standards are likely to be sacrificed for this quick trade agreement.
We're even shooting badgers that we vaccinated so that we wouldn't need to shoot them, says Fleet Street Fox. This government has Mad Badger Disease.
The EU has opposed brutal animal welfare and rampant tech monopolies. Post-Brexit Britain will be exposed to both.
The most important piece of farming legislation to come before parliament in decades included an amendment tabled by Neil Parish, Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton, which sought to protect UK farmers from low-standard food imports.
The grocer also promised to avoid America’s hormone-injected beef and to only sell British produce.
ADNS is a [EU] notification system designed to register and document the evolution of the situation of important infectious animal diseases. It is a management tool that ensures immediate notification of alert messages as well as detailed information about outbreaks of these animal diseases in the countries that are connected to the application.
Animal welfare faces ‘clear and present danger’ from post-Brexit trade deals, study warns
28/07/2022
Claim that UK farming at risk if ‘soft’ approach pursued with countries with ‘less qualms’ about quality.
Australia trade deal will deliver minimal benefit to UK economy and poses risks for farmers, say experts
15/06/2021
Farmers fear that deal will mean they risk being undercut by cheap imports made to lower animal welfare standards.
Australia trade deal would cause cruelty not tolerated in UK and betray the public, warns RSPCA
19/05/2021
Agreement would undermine major overhaul of animal-welfare laws announced to fanfare last week, campaigners say.
Charity fears ‘inertia or a lack of commitment’ in government could lead laws to ‘vanish into thin air’. / Laws protecting animals in the UK are at risk of being scrapped because of Brexit, the RSPCA has warned.
Boris Johnson accused of eyeing post-Brexit US trade deal by ripping out food safeguards imposed by parliament
26/10/2019
‘This is clearly an attempt to make it harder for the public and parliament to ensure protections are not traded away’
Boris Johnson Warned By US Senator That Trade Deal Will Have 'Tough' Time Passing Congress
16/07/2019
"There is bipartisan consensus against blowing up the Good Friday agreement."
Animal health bodies have welcomed the government’s U-turn on its plans for scrapping swathes of retained EU legislation, which could have wiped out 44 animal welfare laws.
Transfers of animals for conservation schemes involving Ireland, Britain and EU plunged from 1,400 in 2019 to just 48 last year.
Brexit could trigger major surge in animal testing as EU rules are invalidated, experts warn
25/02/2019
Experiments on animals may have to be replicated if UK companies cannot access testing data for everything from household products to medicines.
Campaigners say next government must clamp down to avoid risks to human health.
How, indeed whether, Britain will leave the European Union on the 29th March will impact animals and their welfare. Political paralysis in the UK means however that there are more questions than answers at the turn of 2019.
Increased costs and administrative hurdles are stifling the movement of horses and livestock in what were once thriving industries.
Brexit Opportunities Abound – Part 2
17/02/2022
Continuing the letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg, reminding him – he seems to need reminding – of the many new opportunities created by Brexit.
Grace period will stop at end of 2022 with talks on a solution stalled. / Boris Johnson's Brexit deal is set to create a shortage of veterinary medicines for sick animals in Northern Ireland, a parliamentary committee has warned.
Brexit: A bad deal for animals
23/06/2023
A new report released today (23rd June), on the seventh anniversary of the Brexit referendum, reveals that the UK Government has failed to deliver its promise to ‘revolutionise’ animal welfare post-Brexit.
British Veterinary Association responds to UK Government’s commitment to securing Northern Ireland’s access to veterinary medicines
01/02/2024
If an agreement is not found, Northern Ireland faces potentially losing access to an estimated 51% of veterinary medicines, including vaccines for zoonotic diseases such as salmonella and leptospirosis, as well as insulin for dogs and cats and flu and tetanus vaccines for horses.
The impact of Brexit or a no deal Brexit could make it impossible for a UK zoo to rescue these circus lions.