The Animal Law Foundation
@animallawfdn.bsky.social
Building a better legal framework for animals
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Why are we calling for official guidance?
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November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Why are we calling for official guidance?
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Behind the numbers: The true scale of animal agriculture in the UK
Read our insight and find out the numbers of UK animal agriculture: animallawfoundation.org/insights/beh...
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #TheEnforcementProblem
Read our insight and find out the numbers of UK animal agriculture: animallawfoundation.org/insights/beh...
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #TheEnforcementProblem
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Behind the numbers: The true scale of animal agriculture in the UK
Read our insight and find out the numbers of UK animal agriculture: animallawfoundation.org/insights/beh...
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #TheEnforcementProblem
Read our insight and find out the numbers of UK animal agriculture: animallawfoundation.org/insights/beh...
#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #TheEnforcementProblem
Did you know that the movement to challenge the legality of current chicken handling practices was first started in The Netherlands by @wakkerdier.bsky.social ?
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November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Did you know that the movement to challenge the legality of current chicken handling practices was first started in The Netherlands by @wakkerdier.bsky.social ?
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From trade talks to Parliament 🇬🇧🐾
Yesterday we met with the Department of Business and Trade's trade negotiating team to highlight key UK animal welfare laws that go beyond EU standards – vital context as they negotiate animal trade agreements.
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Yesterday we met with the Department of Business and Trade's trade negotiating team to highlight key UK animal welfare laws that go beyond EU standards – vital context as they negotiate animal trade agreements.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From trade talks to Parliament 🇬🇧🐾
Yesterday we met with the Department of Business and Trade's trade negotiating team to highlight key UK animal welfare laws that go beyond EU standards – vital context as they negotiate animal trade agreements.
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Yesterday we met with the Department of Business and Trade's trade negotiating team to highlight key UK animal welfare laws that go beyond EU standards – vital context as they negotiate animal trade agreements.
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Can the UK uphold its animal welfare standards in trade?
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November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Can the UK uphold its animal welfare standards in trade?
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Webinar alert! ⏰
Join us and The Webinar Vet online on Tuesday 2nd December at 2pm to hear from legal, veterinary and academic experts on 'Routine Tail Docking of Pigs'
Don’t miss out! Register for the session here: thewebinarvet.com/webinars/rou...
#APigsTail #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection
Join us and The Webinar Vet online on Tuesday 2nd December at 2pm to hear from legal, veterinary and academic experts on 'Routine Tail Docking of Pigs'
Don’t miss out! Register for the session here: thewebinarvet.com/webinars/rou...
#APigsTail #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection
October 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Webinar alert! ⏰
Join us and The Webinar Vet online on Tuesday 2nd December at 2pm to hear from legal, veterinary and academic experts on 'Routine Tail Docking of Pigs'
Don’t miss out! Register for the session here: thewebinarvet.com/webinars/rou...
#APigsTail #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection
Join us and The Webinar Vet online on Tuesday 2nd December at 2pm to hear from legal, veterinary and academic experts on 'Routine Tail Docking of Pigs'
Don’t miss out! Register for the session here: thewebinarvet.com/webinars/rou...
#APigsTail #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection
The recent High Court case of Animal Equality UK v North East Lincolnshire Council & ASL New Clee Limited [2025] EWHC 1331 (Admin) set an important principle: animal welfare can be a material planning consideration.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The recent High Court case of Animal Equality UK v North East Lincolnshire Council & ASL New Clee Limited [2025] EWHC 1331 (Admin) set an important principle: animal welfare can be a material planning consideration.
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The Animal Welfare Act 2006 was meant to protect animals from unnecessary suffering – physical or mental.
But too often, the focus drifts from the protection of animals themselves to legal loopholes and excuses, which allow suffering to persist.
But too often, the focus drifts from the protection of animals themselves to legal loopholes and excuses, which allow suffering to persist.
October 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The Animal Welfare Act 2006 was meant to protect animals from unnecessary suffering – physical or mental.
But too often, the focus drifts from the protection of animals themselves to legal loopholes and excuses, which allow suffering to persist.
But too often, the focus drifts from the protection of animals themselves to legal loopholes and excuses, which allow suffering to persist.
In 2022, together with @animalequality, we put together a report on #TheEnforcementProblem.
Our report revealed widespread and systemic under-enforcement of the legal frameworks meant to protect farmed animals, between the years of 2018 to 2021.
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Our report revealed widespread and systemic under-enforcement of the legal frameworks meant to protect farmed animals, between the years of 2018 to 2021.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In 2022, together with @animalequality, we put together a report on #TheEnforcementProblem.
Our report revealed widespread and systemic under-enforcement of the legal frameworks meant to protect farmed animals, between the years of 2018 to 2021.
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Our report revealed widespread and systemic under-enforcement of the legal frameworks meant to protect farmed animals, between the years of 2018 to 2021.
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Four years ago we initiated the legal argument that following their recognition of sentience, boiling crustaceans alive is illegal under the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 (WATOK), where it is an offence to cause avoidable suffering.
It’s really that simple 👇🧵
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October 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Four years ago we initiated the legal argument that following their recognition of sentience, boiling crustaceans alive is illegal under the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 (WATOK), where it is an offence to cause avoidable suffering.
It’s really that simple 👇🧵
It’s really that simple 👇🧵
Scotland leads the way on fish welfare – now England must do the same for crustaceans 🦞
Read our latest #insight 👉 animallawfoundation.org/insights/sco...
#PainAtTheTimeOfKilling #Crustaceans
Read our latest #insight 👉 animallawfoundation.org/insights/sco...
#PainAtTheTimeOfKilling #Crustaceans
October 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Scotland leads the way on fish welfare – now England must do the same for crustaceans 🦞
Read our latest #insight 👉 animallawfoundation.org/insights/sco...
#PainAtTheTimeOfKilling #Crustaceans
Read our latest #insight 👉 animallawfoundation.org/insights/sco...
#PainAtTheTimeOfKilling #Crustaceans
We have all seen it: pictures, footage and depictions of idyllic animal farms where animals are roaming and grazing, adding beauty and character to the countryside.
But what we have seen far less of is the reality for the majority of farmed animals in the United Kingdom…
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But what we have seen far less of is the reality for the majority of farmed animals in the United Kingdom…
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October 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We have all seen it: pictures, footage and depictions of idyllic animal farms where animals are roaming and grazing, adding beauty and character to the countryside.
But what we have seen far less of is the reality for the majority of farmed animals in the United Kingdom…
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But what we have seen far less of is the reality for the majority of farmed animals in the United Kingdom…
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We are making a splash for farmed fish in Scotland 🐟
Our call for official guidance and the Scottish Government’s announcement that it will produce it has been covered across national and industry media 🗞️
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Our call for official guidance and the Scottish Government’s announcement that it will produce it has been covered across national and industry media 🗞️
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October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We are making a splash for farmed fish in Scotland 🐟
Our call for official guidance and the Scottish Government’s announcement that it will produce it has been covered across national and industry media 🗞️
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Our call for official guidance and the Scottish Government’s announcement that it will produce it has been covered across national and industry media 🗞️
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Standard industrial farming practices allow for a whole host of painful practices, including mutilations, confinement and selective breeding.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Standard industrial farming practices allow for a whole host of painful practices, including mutilations, confinement and selective breeding.
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HISTORIC WIN for farmed fish in Scotland 🐟
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October 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
HISTORIC WIN for farmed fish in Scotland 🐟
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Today is #WorldFarmedAnimalsDay
This dedicated day to farmed animals serves as a reminder that animal protection laws were designed to protect them, rather than to serve our commercial interests.
#WorldFarmedAnimalsDay #ReflectionOfTheDay #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection
This dedicated day to farmed animals serves as a reminder that animal protection laws were designed to protect them, rather than to serve our commercial interests.
#WorldFarmedAnimalsDay #ReflectionOfTheDay #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection
October 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Today is #WorldFarmedAnimalsDay
This dedicated day to farmed animals serves as a reminder that animal protection laws were designed to protect them, rather than to serve our commercial interests.
#WorldFarmedAnimalsDay #ReflectionOfTheDay #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection
This dedicated day to farmed animals serves as a reminder that animal protection laws were designed to protect them, rather than to serve our commercial interests.
#WorldFarmedAnimalsDay #ReflectionOfTheDay #AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection
We are looking for a Lawyer and a Legal Caseworker to join our team in London!
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#AnimalLaw #Hiring #LegalCaseworker #Lawyer #JobAlert #AnimalProtection
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#AnimalLaw #Hiring #LegalCaseworker #Lawyer #JobAlert #AnimalProtection
September 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We are looking for a Lawyer and a Legal Caseworker to join our team in London!
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#AnimalLaw #Hiring #LegalCaseworker #Lawyer #JobAlert #AnimalProtection
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#AnimalLaw #Hiring #LegalCaseworker #Lawyer #JobAlert #AnimalProtection
Good news, we have been granted permission (once again!) by the High Court to proceed with our judicial review to challenge how the government went about changing the law on chicken handling.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Good news, we have been granted permission (once again!) by the High Court to proceed with our judicial review to challenge how the government went about changing the law on chicken handling.
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What constitutes "unnecessary suffering”?
Commercial convenience or profit cannot justify cruelty. If suffering could be avoided, it should be.
A key case to understand what “unnecessary suffering” means is the 1889 High Court case of Ford v. Wiley. See here: www.animallaw.info/case/ford-v-...
Commercial convenience or profit cannot justify cruelty. If suffering could be avoided, it should be.
A key case to understand what “unnecessary suffering” means is the 1889 High Court case of Ford v. Wiley. See here: www.animallaw.info/case/ford-v-...
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
What constitutes "unnecessary suffering”?
Commercial convenience or profit cannot justify cruelty. If suffering could be avoided, it should be.
A key case to understand what “unnecessary suffering” means is the 1889 High Court case of Ford v. Wiley. See here: www.animallaw.info/case/ford-v-...
Commercial convenience or profit cannot justify cruelty. If suffering could be avoided, it should be.
A key case to understand what “unnecessary suffering” means is the 1889 High Court case of Ford v. Wiley. See here: www.animallaw.info/case/ford-v-...
Vets have a professional obligation to put animal health and welfare above all else.
We are concerned with vets authorising tail docking on up to 85% of pigs despite routine tail docking being illegal.
Learn more: animallawfoundation.org/a-pigs-tail
We are concerned with vets authorising tail docking on up to 85% of pigs despite routine tail docking being illegal.
Learn more: animallawfoundation.org/a-pigs-tail
September 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Vets have a professional obligation to put animal health and welfare above all else.
We are concerned with vets authorising tail docking on up to 85% of pigs despite routine tail docking being illegal.
Learn more: animallawfoundation.org/a-pigs-tail
We are concerned with vets authorising tail docking on up to 85% of pigs despite routine tail docking being illegal.
Learn more: animallawfoundation.org/a-pigs-tail
The law is the law.
Causing any avoidable pain, distress or suffering to an animal, including an invertebrate, at the time of killing is illegal under the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations 2015.
That applies to decapod crustaceans including lobsters.
#PainAtTheTimeofKilling
Causing any avoidable pain, distress or suffering to an animal, including an invertebrate, at the time of killing is illegal under the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations 2015.
That applies to decapod crustaceans including lobsters.
#PainAtTheTimeofKilling
September 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The law is the law.
Causing any avoidable pain, distress or suffering to an animal, including an invertebrate, at the time of killing is illegal under the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations 2015.
That applies to decapod crustaceans including lobsters.
#PainAtTheTimeofKilling
Causing any avoidable pain, distress or suffering to an animal, including an invertebrate, at the time of killing is illegal under the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations 2015.
That applies to decapod crustaceans including lobsters.
#PainAtTheTimeofKilling
The government’s recent dilution of legal protections for chickens sets an unsettling precedent.
This is the first dilution of animal welfare legislation post-Brexit.
Read the article here: www.fwi.co.uk/news/eu-refe...
Find out more here: animallawfoundation.org/chicken-hand...
#HandleWithCare
This is the first dilution of animal welfare legislation post-Brexit.
Read the article here: www.fwi.co.uk/news/eu-refe...
Find out more here: animallawfoundation.org/chicken-hand...
#HandleWithCare
September 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The government’s recent dilution of legal protections for chickens sets an unsettling precedent.
This is the first dilution of animal welfare legislation post-Brexit.
Read the article here: www.fwi.co.uk/news/eu-refe...
Find out more here: animallawfoundation.org/chicken-hand...
#HandleWithCare
This is the first dilution of animal welfare legislation post-Brexit.
Read the article here: www.fwi.co.uk/news/eu-refe...
Find out more here: animallawfoundation.org/chicken-hand...
#HandleWithCare
The Animal Welfare Act 2006 was created to protect animals from a whole host of maltreatment, one of those protections being from unnecessary suffering.
Yet over time, its strength has been diluted.
It’s time to put animals back in the AWA.
Read more: animallawfoundation.org/insights/put...
Yet over time, its strength has been diluted.
It’s time to put animals back in the AWA.
Read more: animallawfoundation.org/insights/put...
September 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The Animal Welfare Act 2006 was created to protect animals from a whole host of maltreatment, one of those protections being from unnecessary suffering.
Yet over time, its strength has been diluted.
It’s time to put animals back in the AWA.
Read more: animallawfoundation.org/insights/put...
Yet over time, its strength has been diluted.
It’s time to put animals back in the AWA.
Read more: animallawfoundation.org/insights/put...
When consumers are given clear information, they make different choices.
After mandatory labelling for eggs was introduced in 2004, free-range sales grew from 32% to 75% of the egg retail market by 2023.
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After mandatory labelling for eggs was introduced in 2004, free-range sales grew from 32% to 75% of the egg retail market by 2023.
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September 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
When consumers are given clear information, they make different choices.
After mandatory labelling for eggs was introduced in 2004, free-range sales grew from 32% to 75% of the egg retail market by 2023.
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After mandatory labelling for eggs was introduced in 2004, free-range sales grew from 32% to 75% of the egg retail market by 2023.
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Animal cruelty is a criminal offence.
No ifs, no buts.
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August 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Animal cruelty is a criminal offence.
No ifs, no buts.
The punishment? 👇🧵
No ifs, no buts.
The punishment? 👇🧵