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Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017

Sets out the detail of laws the government plans to make, introducing new penalties for animal cruelty, and covering other animal welfare issues.

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Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Draft Billapplication/pdf

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TypePolicy paper

First published12 Dec 2017

Last updated07 Aug 2018

Organisations

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Topics

Animal welfare

Source

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