Labour Animal Welfare Society

Labour Animal Welfare Society welcomes today’s publication of Defra’s new Animal Welfare Strategy, which will deliver the most ambitious animal welfare reforms in a generation, improving protections for pets, farmed animals and wildlife. labouranimalwelfaresociety.org.uk/2025/12/22/law…

The consultation is open until 11.59pm on 18 June 2026. You can respond here: consult.defra.gov.uk/defra/trail-hu…

For too long, trail hunting has been used as a smokescreen and resulted in the hunting of live mammals with dogs. Link to consultation below 👇🏻

Progress for wild animal protection! Labour pledged in its manifesto to ban trail hunting, and the government has now begun the process of delivering on that promise. 🦊 labouranimalwelfaresociety.org.uk/2026/03/26/tra…

The Animal Welfare Committee’s new opinion is damning for the fur industry, showing serious welfare harms, plus traceability & certification failures. The new working group must now be used to explore a clear path to banning fur imports. #FurFreeBritain gov.uk/government/pub…

Last night FOUR PAWS UK and @DefraGovUK brought together Parliamentarians, animal welfare organisations& campaigners to celebrate the #AnimalWelfareStrategy! 🎉🐾 A huge moment for a kinder future for companion animals, wildlife & farmed animals. Watch the highlights 👇📹

We welcome Labour’s plans to modernise vet regulation. Licensing vet practices, stronger oversight and clearer pricing should help animals get treatment sooner and protect welfare when standards fall short. 🐶 🐱 gov.uk/government/new…

We welcome the Government’s signal to end male chick culling in the new Animal Welfare Strategy which is the first time this has been set out in a strategy document. You can read our full response to the strategy here -> bit.ly/4qm6uJ8

🐶Delighted to welcome the launch of the Government’s Animal Welfare Strategy today - the most ambitious reforms in a generation to protect pets, farm animals and wildlife. I know how strongly people in Enfield North care about animal welfare and I’m proud to back this action.

I know the joy animals bring to many of our lives and I know that people across Smethwick really care about animal welfare. That's why I'm proud to support the Animal Welfare Strategy launched by @DefraGovUK. This ambitious package will deliver some of the strongest animal welfare reforms in a generation, improving the lives of animals in homes, on farms, and in the wild. It’s time our laws caught up with the evidence and closed loopholes that allow animal suffering. This strategy delivers on our manifesto promise to protect the animals we all care about. gov.uk/government/pub… #AWS2025 #AnimalWelfare

Labour’s animal strategy, published today, will safeguard animals 🐶 In the home 🐮 On the farm 🦊 In the wild Check it out, here gov.uk/government/pub…

Animal welfare is one of the top issues constituents contact me about. It's also a personal matter to me, as my two cats remind me regularly! We are keeping our promise to improve the lives of animals thanks to the Animal Welfare Strategy launched by @DefraGovUK today

I'm proud today to be launching the Animal Welfare Strategy. Read more about our measures here: gov.uk/government/new…

Today’s new Animal Welfare Strategy — will protect animals 🐶In the home 🐷On the farm 🐇In the wild We’ve improved zoo standards, ended puppy smuggling & protected livestock from dog attacks. Now we will end caged hens, trail hunting, & the use of snares. MInty will be happy!

Higher welfare standards for animals launched! Great news for pets, farm animals, and wild animals: 🐶Puppy farming banned 🐓 Chicken cages and pig farrowing to be ended 🐇 Banning snare traps and reducing hare coursing Have a read here for more: gov.uk/government/new…

‘Polling shows that 72% of UK voters want stricter animal welfare laws’. Today, Labour publishes a five year plan to deliver the biggest boost to animal welfare in a generation.

Our Animal Welfare Strategy, published today will safeguard animals 🐶In the home 🐮On the farm 🦊In the wild

Hares are cherished in the British countryside and we're taking action to protect them by introducing the first ever close season in England. Our new Animal Welfare Strategy will improve animal welfare by stopping hare hunting in the breeding season: theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/d…

Trail hunting to be banned as part of new animal welfare strategy bbc.in/44yVO1u

‘Our world-leading Animal Welfare Strategy will protect domestic, farmed and wild animals for generations’ – via @LabourList labourlist.org/2025/12/world-…