This week MPs voted not to transfer into UK law the parts of EU legislation which recognise animals can feel pain and have emotions. 

In spite of extensive scientific evidence that shows that animals have feelings and emotions, some even stronger than ours. The Tories believe that this only applies to domesticated animals such as dogs.

Currently EU law ‘Council Directive 98/58/EC’ directs law on the protection of animals kept for farming purposes which give general rules for the protection of animals of all species kept for the production of food, wool, skin or fur or for other farming purposes, including fish, reptiles or amphibians.

 
Currently EU laws protect animals from

 • Freedom from hunger and thirst

• Freedom from discomfort

• Freedom from pain, injury and disease

• Freedom to express normal behaviour

• Freedom from fear and distress

 
The Conservatives vote means that animals will NO LONGER be protected from this. 

 
All animals (apart from pets) will now be profitable to exploit. This could relate to animal testing, hunting, agriculture, conditions animals are kept in before slaughter, how they are slaughtered (no pain relief), how they are moved and transported, lowered standard of regulations of farming. 

This could also possibly mean that we are able to trade meat and animal products with other countries who have previously not met our animal welfare standards. 

 
Please sign for the UK to KEEP our current standards set out in the EU legislation to protect animals from exploitation and cruelty.

 
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