Animal Welfare
Ahead of tomorrow’s Stage 1 debate in the Scottish Parliament, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the Natural Environment Bill poses several risks to the balance of deer management in Scotland. BASC has briefed MSPs on its main concerns and is urging a rethink of proposals that could undermine effective… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has just announced its final oral witnesses, and it will not hear from terminally ill individuals or those who have assisted loved ones to die. Clare Turner, a terminally ill person, and Louise Shackleton, who accompanied her husband to Switzerland… Read more »
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The government has confirmed a second farm in Egham has tested positive for foot and mouth disease. Chief veterinary officer Debbie Reynolds announced today that tests on livestock from the second farm had revealed they were contagious. The animals were culled last night as a “precautionary measure”, bringing the total number slaughtered during the September… Read more »
The British farming industry is in turmoil again today after Defra announced the most recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease appears to be linked to the Pirbright laboratory in Surrey. Preliminary tests have shown the virus is the same strain as that which led to the slaughter of hundreds of livestock last month. Farmers… Read more »
