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Beyond sentience: will Brexit halt live animal exports from the U.K.?

December 14, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Minister for Agriculture & Rural Affairs confirms her government is “considering options to control live animal exports”             LONDON,  U.K.––British cabinet ministers,  after the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union,  called “Brexit” for short,  “must have regard to the welfare needs of animals as sentient beings in formulating and implementing government policy,”  according to draft […]

Filed Under: Animal sentience & intelligence, Cattle & dairy, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Mice & rats, Regulation, Science, Scotland, Sheep & goats, United Kingdom, Welfare Tagged With: Claire Horton, David Bowles, Jon Craig, Merritt Clifton, Michael Gove, Phillip J. Lymbery, Theresa Villiers, Therese Coffey

Are politicians sentient? British animal advocates wonder

November 28, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Nothing yet on animal sentience in U.K. law             LONDON,  U.K.–– “Sentient,”  a word seldom used by mass media and little recognized by the public before a much decried vote of the British Parliament on November 15,  2017,  is overnight at the center of debate raging throughout the United Kingdom. Who is sentient?  What is sentience?  […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Europe, European Union, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Lab animals, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Spectacles, United Kingdom, Zoos Tagged With: Andrew Griffin, Caroline Lucas, David Bowles, Merritt Clifton, Michael Gove, Philip J. Lymbery, Rowena Mason

Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?

July 1, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Part I of a five-part series.   See also Part II: Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan” and Part III: Farmed animals & money talks.   Part IV:  What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals. Part V:  Back to the Jungle Book:  U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.          LONDON,  U.K.––Will the June 23,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Ireland, Isles, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Scotland, Sheep & goats, United Kingdom, Welfare Tagged With: Animal Concern, David Bowles, Helmut Dungler, Janice Cox, John F. Robins, Merritt Clifton, Peter Davies, RSPCA, Shirley McGreal, Vier Pfoten, Wim de Kok

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