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Action for Animals - Animal Welfare Survey

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Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
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To coincide with the launch of the Government's new Action Plan for Animal Welfare, Robert has launched an Animal Welfare Survey to enable West Oxfordshire residents to share their views.

As a pet owner, Robert has campaigned on animal welfare issues since his election to Parliament, delivering a particular campaign success with the Government recently legislating to increase sentences for animal cruelty from six months to five years.

Robert has warmly welcomed the publication of the Government's Action Plan for Animal Welfare, which sets out how the UK - a nation of animal-lovers - will continue to lead the world on animal welfare issues.

The Action Plan for Animal Welfare sets out how the Government will:

Improve welfare for pets by:

  • tackling puppy smuggling through changes to import rules

  • introducing compulsory microchipping for cats

  • cracking down on pet theft through a new government taskforce

  • banning remote controlled training e-collars

Protect wild animals by:

  • making it illegal to keep primates as pets

  • introducing new laws to crack down on illegal hare coursing

  • supporting legislation to restrict the use of glue traps

  • funding wildlife conservation projects both at home abroad

Protect animals abroad by:

  • banning the import of hunting trophies from endangered animals

  • banning the sale of ivory by implementing the Ivory Act this year

  • prohibiting the import and export of detached shark fins to protect the iconic shark species

  • exploring a ban on the sale of foie gras

  • banning the advertisement in this country of unacceptable low-welfare animal practices abroad – such as elephant rides

Improve welfare for farmed animals by:

  • ending the export of live animals for fattening and slaughter

  • introducing new measures to improve welfare during transport

  • giving the police more powers to protect farm animals from dangerous or out of control dogs

  • examining the use of cages for poultry and farrowing crates for pigs

  • improving animal welfare at slaughter

  • incentivising farmers to improve animal health and welfare through future farming policy

The Plan can be read in full here.

Please do take a moment to complete the short survey below and share your views on animal welfare.

 

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How important to you is animal welfare? (10 = very important, 1 = not important)
Do you support the legislation proposed in the Government's Action Plan for Animal Welfare to better protect animals at home and abroad?
Please rank the following issues in the order of importance/concern to you? Weight
Pet Theft
Animal Neglect & Cruelty
Farm Animal Welfare
Live Farm Animal Exports
Trade of Ivory & Shark Fins
Fireworks Causing Distress to Pets
Protection of Natural Habitats
Do you support Robert's campaign to improve animal welfare in the UK?
In order to make this survey representative, how did you vote in the 2019 General Election?

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