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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 1d

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

The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 4d

Read more about why animal welfare belongs in planning permission decisions: theecologist.org/2025/oct/20/...

#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #PlanningPermissions

'Animals matter as we plan our world'

Why animal welfare belongs in planning permission decisions.

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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 4d

A material planning consideration is something a council is legally allowed to take into account when deciding a planning application.

Our Founder Edie Bowles says, “This recognition matters because it brings the lives of animals into the heart of decisions that affect their lives.”

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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 4d

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 Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 9d

It’s time to put animals back into the Animal Welfare Act.

#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #AnimalWelfareAct

The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 9d

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.

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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 11d

Since then, we published an updated report analysing the data for 2022 and 2023 and sadly found no significant improvements. The system continues to fail animals.

Thank you @faunalytics for highlighting #TheEnforcementProblem

Read more: faunalytics.org/enforcing-u-...

Enforcing U.K. Laws To Protect Farmed Animals: Still A Problem - Faunalytics

Despite numerous laws to protect farmed animals, inspection and enforcement rates remain low across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

faunalytics.org

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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 11d

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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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 15d

This will follow Scotland’s example with fish, see: animallawfoundation.org/insights/sco...

#PainAtTheTimeOfKilling #LobsterProtection #AnimalLaw

Scotland leads the was on fish welfare – now England must do the same for crustaceans — Animal Law Foundation

Scotland has shown what leadership looks like: combining legal clarity with compassion, ensuring that farmed fish are treated with the dignity the law already promises them. England must now follow s...

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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 15d

All we need now is for the UK government to recognise this by issuing detailed official guidance setting out what the legal protections for crustaceans mean in practice.

Only then will enforcement officers and businesses understand: It is illegal to boil a lobster alive.

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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 15d

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 👇🧵

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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 16d

animallawfoundation.org/insights/sco...

Scotland leads the was on fish welfare – now England must do the same for crustaceans — Animal Law Foundation

Scotland has shown what leadership looks like: combining legal clarity with compassion, ensuring that farmed fish are treated with the dignity the law already promises them. England must now follow s...

animallawfoundation.org

The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 16d

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

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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 18d

Read our piece on #FoodChainMisinformation on Open Access Government to find out more about how this affects consumers and the market: edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader...

#AnimalLaw #ConsumerLaw

The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 18d

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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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 22d

The law already existed, but this is a major step toward bringing clarity, accountability, and better protection for millions of fish. However, our work does not stop here. We will work to ensure the guidance is as robust and ambitious as possible.

#AnimalLaw #OffishialGuidance #FishProtection

The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 22d

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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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 24d

These are examples of where animal protection law has shifted away from its core purpose, bending too often to commercial interests rather than safeguarding the animals themselves.

We need to put animals back into the Animal Welfare Act and stop betraying the law and public trust.

#AnimalLaw

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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 24d

Standard industrial farming practices allow for a whole host of painful practices, including mutilations, confinement and selective breeding.

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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 28d

Read the government's announcement here: www.parliament.scot/-/media/file...

Read more about #OffishialGuidance here: animallawfoundation.org/offishial-gu...

#FishProtection #AnimalLaw #Scotland #Aquaculture #AnimalProtection

The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 28d

Official guidance will, for the first time, spell out what the law requires and how farmers must comply – bringing accountability to one of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿’s largest farming sectors.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is the world’s third largest salmon producer. This move has the potential to transform conditions for over 37 million fish.

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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 28d

Until now, no official government guidance for the welfare of fish in their whole lifecycle has ever been put in place. This has left fish vulnerable to abuse, with no clear standards for farmers and no effective enforcement tools for regulators.

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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 28d

After repeated calls from The Animal Law Foundation, the Scottish Government has now committed to introducing official guidance on the welfare of farmed fish – a long-overdue step that will better protect millions of fish.

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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 28d

HISTORIC WIN for farmed fish in Scotland 🐟

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The Animal Law Foundation @animallawfdn.bsky.social · 29d

Today is #WorldFarmedAnimalsDay

This dedicated day to farmed animals serves as a reminder that animal protection laws were designed to protect them, rather than to serve our commercial interests.

#WorldFarmedAnimalsDay #ReflectionOfTheDay #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection

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