Animal Welfare

Conservative & Labour Liberal Democrats
The Conservatives failed to crack down on animal testing, they extended their free trade principles to trade in live animals, and their Dangerous dogs Act had all to do with political posturing and nothing to do with either animal or human welfare.

A number of Labour councils prefer development to habitat protection.

 Liberal Democrats believe that how well society treats animals is a mark of its civilisation. We believe that a range of concrete measures, which would  have practical effect, are needed in the interests of animal welfare. We see the introduction of such measures as part and parcel of our approach to environmental sustainability.  We propose:
  • The establishment of an Animal Protection Commission to co-ordinate and enforce the necessary legislation.
  • Tighter controls on the export of live animals for slaughter. Slaughter should take place as close as possible to the point of rearing.
  • An end to the use of animals in the testing of cosmetics, household goods, tobacco products and weapons; an increase in funding to develop alternatives to animal testing for medical purpose.
  • The phasing out of intensified farming methods, including battery cages for poultry, and a ban on veal crates throughout the European Union.
  • A mandatory system of dog registration, implemented by local authorities and an adequate warden network.
  • Pressure for a ban on the trade of rare and endangered species.
  • The extension of the 1911 Protection of Animals Act to include wild animals, and an end to coursing and hunting with hounds (subject to a free vote in the House of Commons).

 

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