oh British Parliament Last Tuesday, May 14, it announced that it had approved a ban on the export of live farm animals.
The Farm Animal Welfare Act aims to stop the export of cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, wild boar and horses to England, Wales and Scotland for meat or fat.
 
The aim is to improve the welfare of these animals and put an end to long and difficult journeys to other countries, during which they suffer from overcrowding, exhaustion, dehydration and stress.
This Act, the predecessor of the United Kingdom, was approved by the elected representatives of the House of Commons and has now been approved by the House of Lords. The Act still needs Royal Assent.
 
Northern Ireland is still used in this area after Brexit due to European Union (EU) trade rules.
The ban, which is still in place in Europe, was first proposed by conservatives in 2017 as a result of Brexit, and activists have been calling for the move for decades.
 
In recent reports to VIDA RURAL, within the scope of the European Commission’s proposal for new animal welfare rules, Inês Grenho Ajuda, Head of the Farm Animal Welfare Program at the Eurogroup for Animals – a group that seeks to improve animal welfare standards in the European Union – spoke on the topic, saying that she already supported the ban and that the group “now “It uses legislative opportunities to influence decision makers, like the revised Animal Welfare Act,” he explained. “We are a voice for animals in Europe”.
Regarding the export of live production animals, Inês Grenho Ajuda highlights, “For example, in the transport law, imports and exports must be made only with carcasses, not with live animals, Eurgroup is Animals had a big impact. That decision.”
 
The project leader for farm animal welfare at the Eurogroup for Animals reinforces the message that the group is “against the export of live animals” and believes that “even with stricter laws, problems will continue”.
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