As a vet and animal welfare campaigner, I try to protect, using available resources, the welfare of animals as best I can. One resource that’s free, accessible, and potentially game-changing, is the Government’s e-petition; collecting 100,000 signatures in six months usually means that subject will be debated in Westminster.
Last month, the Government released their much-anticipated ‘Action Plan for Animal Welfare’, full of exciting, bold, ambitious, and overall, extremely welcome commitments to improve legislation to safeguard animal welfare in the UK and beyond.
For far too long animals have been exploited in many ways, from outdated farming techniques to trophy hunting, cropping dogs’ ears to sourcing puppies.
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