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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

NOT harboring porpoises lands UK in International Court of Justice

October 12, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Brits may plead “Brexit”          BRUSSELS,  LONDON––Charged in the European Court of Justice with inadequately protecting harbor porpoises to the point of putting the species at regional risk,  the United Kingdom now runs the risk of becoming bracketed in international image with such other marine mammal-killing nations and treaty scofflaws as Japan,  Namibia,  Norway,  and […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Endangered species, Europe, European Union, Habitat, Isles, Marine life, Scotland, United Kingdom, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Rob Edwards, Steve Williams, Therese Coffey

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