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Consumers deserve the truth.
Today, @animallawfdn.bsky.social @humaneworldorg.bsky.social and @ciwf.org.uk were in Parliament for our joint event on #FoodChainMisinformation and #HonestLabelling
It was great to see MPs, animal protection groups and celebrities join our call for transparency
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Today, @animallawfdn.bsky.social @humaneworldorg.bsky.social and @ciwf.org.uk were in Parliament for our joint event on #FoodChainMisinformation and #HonestLabelling
It was great to see MPs, animal protection groups and celebrities join our call for transparency
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December 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Consumers deserve the truth.
Today, @animallawfdn.bsky.social @humaneworldorg.bsky.social and @ciwf.org.uk were in Parliament for our joint event on #FoodChainMisinformation and #HonestLabelling
It was great to see MPs, animal protection groups and celebrities join our call for transparency
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Today, @animallawfdn.bsky.social @humaneworldorg.bsky.social and @ciwf.org.uk were in Parliament for our joint event on #FoodChainMisinformation and #HonestLabelling
It was great to see MPs, animal protection groups and celebrities join our call for transparency
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‘Farm animal welfare in question as one in 304 breaches is acted upon’ @sunday.post reports
Our latest report on #TheEnforcementProblem showed that in Scotland only 2.88% of farms were inspected in 2024, meaning 97.02% of Scottish farms received no official welfare visit at all.
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Our latest report on #TheEnforcementProblem showed that in Scotland only 2.88% of farms were inspected in 2024, meaning 97.02% of Scottish farms received no official welfare visit at all.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
‘Farm animal welfare in question as one in 304 breaches is acted upon’ @sunday.post reports
Our latest report on #TheEnforcementProblem showed that in Scotland only 2.88% of farms were inspected in 2024, meaning 97.02% of Scottish farms received no official welfare visit at all.
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Our latest report on #TheEnforcementProblem showed that in Scotland only 2.88% of farms were inspected in 2024, meaning 97.02% of Scottish farms received no official welfare visit at all.
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The government's response to our concerns on routine pig mutilations 👇 🧵
Find out more about tail docking here: animallawfoundation.org/a-pigs-tail
Find out more about tail docking here: animallawfoundation.org/a-pigs-tail
December 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The government's response to our concerns on routine pig mutilations 👇 🧵
Find out more about tail docking here: animallawfoundation.org/a-pigs-tail
Find out more about tail docking here: animallawfoundation.org/a-pigs-tail
‘The system simply isn’t deterring cruelty’ @irishnews.com reports
Our report revealed last week that Northern Ireland’s on-farm inspection rates were as low as 1.13% in 2024.
Read the full article here: www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
Our report revealed last week that Northern Ireland’s on-farm inspection rates were as low as 1.13% in 2024.
Read the full article here: www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
December 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
‘The system simply isn’t deterring cruelty’ @irishnews.com reports
Our report revealed last week that Northern Ireland’s on-farm inspection rates were as low as 1.13% in 2024.
Read the full article here: www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
Our report revealed last week that Northern Ireland’s on-farm inspection rates were as low as 1.13% in 2024.
Read the full article here: www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
Is the UK a world leader in animal welfare? Our latest report says otherwise
Read our latest insight to find out: animallawfoundation.org/insights/is-...
Read our report: animallawfoundation.org/enforcement
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #TheEnforcementProblem
Read our latest insight to find out: animallawfoundation.org/insights/is-...
Read our report: animallawfoundation.org/enforcement
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #TheEnforcementProblem
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Is the UK a world leader in animal welfare? Our latest report says otherwise
Read our latest insight to find out: animallawfoundation.org/insights/is-...
Read our report: animallawfoundation.org/enforcement
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #TheEnforcementProblem
Read our latest insight to find out: animallawfoundation.org/insights/is-...
Read our report: animallawfoundation.org/enforcement
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #TheEnforcementProblem
BREAKING: Our newly published data on #TheEnforcementProblem shows the UK is home to systemic breaches of animal protection laws but no prosecutions.
Scroll to see what we found 🧵👇
Scroll to see what we found 🧵👇
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
BREAKING: Our newly published data on #TheEnforcementProblem shows the UK is home to systemic breaches of animal protection laws but no prosecutions.
Scroll to see what we found 🧵👇
Scroll to see what we found 🧵👇
Happening this afternoon!
Join us for an insightful discussion on #APigsTail
It’s not too late to register 👉https://thewebinarvet.com/webinars/routine-tail-docking-on-pigs-the-law-the-reality-and-the-way-forward
Join us for an insightful discussion on #APigsTail
It’s not too late to register 👉https://thewebinarvet.com/webinars/routine-tail-docking-on-pigs-the-law-the-reality-and-the-way-forward
Webinar alert! ⏰
Join us and The Webinar Vet online on Tuesday 2nd December at 2pm to hear from legal, veterinary and academic experts on 'Routine Tail Docking of Pigs'
Don’t miss out! Register for the session here: thewebinarvet.com/webinars/rou...
#APigsTail #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection
Join us and The Webinar Vet online on Tuesday 2nd December at 2pm to hear from legal, veterinary and academic experts on 'Routine Tail Docking of Pigs'
Don’t miss out! Register for the session here: thewebinarvet.com/webinars/rou...
#APigsTail #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Happening this afternoon!
Join us for an insightful discussion on #APigsTail
It’s not too late to register 👉https://thewebinarvet.com/webinars/routine-tail-docking-on-pigs-the-law-the-reality-and-the-way-forward
Join us for an insightful discussion on #APigsTail
It’s not too late to register 👉https://thewebinarvet.com/webinars/routine-tail-docking-on-pigs-the-law-the-reality-and-the-way-forward
Our analysis shows the media often depicts high-welfare farms, even when reporting animal abuse. This sanitised imagery hides the industrial reality most animals face and misinforms the public.
Read our report on #FoodChainMisinformation here: animallawfoundation.org/misinformation
Read our report on #FoodChainMisinformation here: animallawfoundation.org/misinformation
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Our analysis shows the media often depicts high-welfare farms, even when reporting animal abuse. This sanitised imagery hides the industrial reality most animals face and misinforms the public.
Read our report on #FoodChainMisinformation here: animallawfoundation.org/misinformation
Read our report on #FoodChainMisinformation here: animallawfoundation.org/misinformation
The law is clear.
Routine mutilations are prohibited.
Yet research has found tail docking present on up to 85% of farms in the UK.
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Routine mutilations are prohibited.
Yet research has found tail docking present on up to 85% of farms in the UK.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The law is clear.
Routine mutilations are prohibited.
Yet research has found tail docking present on up to 85% of farms in the UK.
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Routine mutilations are prohibited.
Yet research has found tail docking present on up to 85% of farms in the UK.
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Farmed animals are protected by several laws across the UK.
These include The Animal Welfare Act 2006, which mandates that animals are spared any unnecessary suffering, and imposes a duty on those responsible for the animals to ensure their welfare.
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These include The Animal Welfare Act 2006, which mandates that animals are spared any unnecessary suffering, and imposes a duty on those responsible for the animals to ensure their welfare.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Farmed animals are protected by several laws across the UK.
These include The Animal Welfare Act 2006, which mandates that animals are spared any unnecessary suffering, and imposes a duty on those responsible for the animals to ensure their welfare.
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These include The Animal Welfare Act 2006, which mandates that animals are spared any unnecessary suffering, and imposes a duty on those responsible for the animals to ensure their welfare.
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Why are we calling for official guidance?
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November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Why are we calling for official guidance?
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Behind the numbers: The true scale of animal agriculture in the UK
Read our insight and find out the numbers of UK animal agriculture: animallawfoundation.org/insights/beh...
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #TheEnforcementProblem
Read our insight and find out the numbers of UK animal agriculture: animallawfoundation.org/insights/beh...
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #TheEnforcementProblem
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Behind the numbers: The true scale of animal agriculture in the UK
Read our insight and find out the numbers of UK animal agriculture: animallawfoundation.org/insights/beh...
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #TheEnforcementProblem
Read our insight and find out the numbers of UK animal agriculture: animallawfoundation.org/insights/beh...
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #TheEnforcementProblem
Did you know that the movement to challenge the legality of current chicken handling practices was first started in The Netherlands by @wakkerdier.bsky.social ?
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November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Did you know that the movement to challenge the legality of current chicken handling practices was first started in The Netherlands by @wakkerdier.bsky.social ?
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From trade talks to Parliament 🇬🇧🐾
Yesterday we met with the Department of Business and Trade's trade negotiating team to highlight key UK animal welfare laws that go beyond EU standards – vital context as they negotiate animal trade agreements.
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Yesterday we met with the Department of Business and Trade's trade negotiating team to highlight key UK animal welfare laws that go beyond EU standards – vital context as they negotiate animal trade agreements.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From trade talks to Parliament 🇬🇧🐾
Yesterday we met with the Department of Business and Trade's trade negotiating team to highlight key UK animal welfare laws that go beyond EU standards – vital context as they negotiate animal trade agreements.
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Yesterday we met with the Department of Business and Trade's trade negotiating team to highlight key UK animal welfare laws that go beyond EU standards – vital context as they negotiate animal trade agreements.
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Can the UK uphold its animal welfare standards in trade?
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November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Can the UK uphold its animal welfare standards in trade?
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Webinar alert! ⏰
Join us and The Webinar Vet online on Tuesday 2nd December at 2pm to hear from legal, veterinary and academic experts on 'Routine Tail Docking of Pigs'
Don’t miss out! Register for the session here: thewebinarvet.com/webinars/rou...
#APigsTail #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection
Join us and The Webinar Vet online on Tuesday 2nd December at 2pm to hear from legal, veterinary and academic experts on 'Routine Tail Docking of Pigs'
Don’t miss out! Register for the session here: thewebinarvet.com/webinars/rou...
#APigsTail #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection
October 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Webinar alert! ⏰
Join us and The Webinar Vet online on Tuesday 2nd December at 2pm to hear from legal, veterinary and academic experts on 'Routine Tail Docking of Pigs'
Don’t miss out! Register for the session here: thewebinarvet.com/webinars/rou...
#APigsTail #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection
Join us and The Webinar Vet online on Tuesday 2nd December at 2pm to hear from legal, veterinary and academic experts on 'Routine Tail Docking of Pigs'
Don’t miss out! Register for the session here: thewebinarvet.com/webinars/rou...
#APigsTail #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection
The recent High Court case of Animal Equality UK v North East Lincolnshire Council & ASL New Clee Limited [2025] EWHC 1331 (Admin) set an important principle: animal welfare can be a material planning consideration.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The recent High Court case of Animal Equality UK v North East Lincolnshire Council & ASL New Clee Limited [2025] EWHC 1331 (Admin) set an important principle: animal welfare can be a material planning consideration.
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The Animal Welfare Act 2006 was meant to protect animals from unnecessary suffering – physical or mental.
But too often, the focus drifts from the protection of animals themselves to legal loopholes and excuses, which allow suffering to persist.
But too often, the focus drifts from the protection of animals themselves to legal loopholes and excuses, which allow suffering to persist.
October 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The Animal Welfare Act 2006 was meant to protect animals from unnecessary suffering – physical or mental.
But too often, the focus drifts from the protection of animals themselves to legal loopholes and excuses, which allow suffering to persist.
But too often, the focus drifts from the protection of animals themselves to legal loopholes and excuses, which allow suffering to persist.
In 2022, together with @animalequality, we put together a report on #TheEnforcementProblem.
Our report revealed widespread and systemic under-enforcement of the legal frameworks meant to protect farmed animals, between the years of 2018 to 2021.
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Our report revealed widespread and systemic under-enforcement of the legal frameworks meant to protect farmed animals, between the years of 2018 to 2021.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In 2022, together with @animalequality, we put together a report on #TheEnforcementProblem.
Our report revealed widespread and systemic under-enforcement of the legal frameworks meant to protect farmed animals, between the years of 2018 to 2021.
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Our report revealed widespread and systemic under-enforcement of the legal frameworks meant to protect farmed animals, between the years of 2018 to 2021.
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Four years ago we initiated the legal argument that following their recognition of sentience, boiling crustaceans alive is illegal under the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 (WATOK), where it is an offence to cause avoidable suffering.
It’s really that simple 👇🧵
It’s really that simple 👇🧵
October 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Four years ago we initiated the legal argument that following their recognition of sentience, boiling crustaceans alive is illegal under the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 (WATOK), where it is an offence to cause avoidable suffering.
It’s really that simple 👇🧵
It’s really that simple 👇🧵
Scotland leads the way on fish welfare – now England must do the same for crustaceans 🦞
Read our latest #insight 👉 animallawfoundation.org/insights/sco...
#PainAtTheTimeOfKilling #Crustaceans
Read our latest #insight 👉 animallawfoundation.org/insights/sco...
#PainAtTheTimeOfKilling #Crustaceans
October 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Scotland leads the way on fish welfare – now England must do the same for crustaceans 🦞
Read our latest #insight 👉 animallawfoundation.org/insights/sco...
#PainAtTheTimeOfKilling #Crustaceans
Read our latest #insight 👉 animallawfoundation.org/insights/sco...
#PainAtTheTimeOfKilling #Crustaceans
We have all seen it: pictures, footage and depictions of idyllic animal farms where animals are roaming and grazing, adding beauty and character to the countryside.
But what we have seen far less of is the reality for the majority of farmed animals in the United Kingdom…
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But what we have seen far less of is the reality for the majority of farmed animals in the United Kingdom…
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October 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We have all seen it: pictures, footage and depictions of idyllic animal farms where animals are roaming and grazing, adding beauty and character to the countryside.
But what we have seen far less of is the reality for the majority of farmed animals in the United Kingdom…
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But what we have seen far less of is the reality for the majority of farmed animals in the United Kingdom…
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We are making a splash for farmed fish in Scotland 🐟
Our call for official guidance and the Scottish Government’s announcement that it will produce it has been covered across national and industry media 🗞️
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Our call for official guidance and the Scottish Government’s announcement that it will produce it has been covered across national and industry media 🗞️
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October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We are making a splash for farmed fish in Scotland 🐟
Our call for official guidance and the Scottish Government’s announcement that it will produce it has been covered across national and industry media 🗞️
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Our call for official guidance and the Scottish Government’s announcement that it will produce it has been covered across national and industry media 🗞️
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Standard industrial farming practices allow for a whole host of painful practices, including mutilations, confinement and selective breeding.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Standard industrial farming practices allow for a whole host of painful practices, including mutilations, confinement and selective breeding.
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HISTORIC WIN for farmed fish in Scotland 🐟
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October 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
HISTORIC WIN for farmed fish in Scotland 🐟
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