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The Government has a clear mandate from the public: It must stop allowing our animal welfare laws to be undercut through trade deals.

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According to @bryantresearch.bsky.social, this level of agreement is rare in the UK, with more Brits supporting the ban than those who say they like pizza (84%), are comfortable with dogs (82%), or like Christmas (78%).

Now that's what we call a united front! 🙌

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The UK Government must ensure our animal welfare standards are protected in all trade deals. It should consider introducing restrictions on imports that do not meet our animal welfare standards.

⚠️UK law requires animals to be stunned before slaughter (with limited religious exemptions).

GCC countries typically don't require stunning at all, meaning animals remain fully conscious during slaughter.

🐔UK regulations cap stocking densities at 39kg/m² for broiler chickens, with many UK producers committing to better standards (30kg/m²).

GCC countries have no minimum standards, with some facilities cramming birds at densities up to 50kg/m² - far exceeding UK legal limits.

🥚The UK banned battery cages in 2012. It currently permits enriched colony systems with at least 750cm² per hen.

GCC countries still widely use battery cage systems giving hens just 440cm² - less space than an A4 sheet of paper.

As the UK negotiates a trade deal with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, we're especially concerned about the significant animal welfare gaps that could undermine UK standards via imports.

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This is what we're working towards in the UK & New Zealand: closing the loophole that lets countries outsource cruelty through trade.

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US states like California & Massachusetts have already done this - banning the sale of pork from crated pigs, wherever it's produced.

The EU is now planning to apply new animal welfare laws to imports.

"That policy is critical to not just ensuring that you're not getting these laws undercut, but also to changing the political dynamic because domestic farmers are going to be very opposed to any law if they realise they're just going to get undercut."

This thread draws from our submission to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the Fur Free Europe initiative.

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