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What just happened in animal law?
On 13 October, the Government provided a parliamentary update on its Animal Welfare Strategy for England, published in December 2025.
The update outlined progress on proposed reforms, including laying hen cages, lamb welfare, trail hunting and gamebird welfare.
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📢 NEW REPORT: Putting Animals Back into the Animal Welfare Act
20 years on, a new Animal Law Foundation report highlights the gap between the Animal Welfare Act 2006’s intended protections and their enforcement in practice.
🦆 Read the report: animallawfoundation.org/repo…
🐾 Did you know?
The Animal Welfare Act 2006 sets out five welfare needs that those responsible for animals must take reasonable steps to meet.
Learn more in our latest report: animallawfoundation.org/repo…
Why do advertisements present such an idealised picture of animal farming?
Our legal insight explores how misleading imagery persists, the challenges of regulating animal welfare claims, and what the law says about the gap between perception and reality.
🔗 Read the full insight: animallawfoundation.org/insi…
Who makes animal law? ⚖️
From Parliament to the courts, discover who shapes the laws that affect animals.
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WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN ANIMAL LAW? 🐕
DEFRA’s Responsible Dog Ownership Taskforce has published 20 recommendations aimed at reducing dog attacks and promoting responsible dog ownership.
We’ll be following what happens next.
Read the full DEFRA report : gov.uk/government/publicatio…
What is animal law? ⚖️🐾
It shapes how animals are treated – from farmed animals and wildlife to animals in our homes.
At TALF, we use the law to challenge breaches, address failures in enforcement and help create a fairer future for all animals.
Find out more about our work: animallawfoundation.org/
Our Executive Director Edie Bowles features in The Scotsman, discussing how Scotland risks falling behind England on animal welfare.
Read the full article: scotsman.com/news/opinion/co…
Want to find out what happens in response to our letter to Gwynedd Council about the sale of live lobsters?
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Last week, we brought together legal professionals and animal welfare organisations at the Scottish Parliament to mark 20 years of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006.
Our event explored the gap between the law as written and the protections animals experience in practice — and what needs to happen next.
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #AWA20
On World Farm Animals Day, we’re asking: 20 years on, is the Animal Welfare Act working as intended?
Our new report explores the gap between the protections in law and what animals experience in practice.
It’s time to put animals back into the Animal Welfare Act.
🔗 Read the full report: animallawfoundation.org/repo…
#WorldFarmAnimalsDay #AWA20 #AnimalWelfareAct
Yesterday, we hosted an event at the Scottish Parliament marking 20 years of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006.
Thank you to our host Emma Roddick MSP, our speakers and everyone who joined us. We explored the gap between the protections the law was designed to deliver and how it is interpreted and applied in practice.
We look forward to continuing this important work.
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection
