Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023
The Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023 is a UK legislation that prohibits the sale and advertising of activities abroad which involve low standards of welfare for animals.[1] This Act was enacted on 18th September 2023.[1]
The Act makes it illegal to offer or sell an opportunity to observe or participate in an activity that involves animals and takes place outside the UK if it is of a kind that has been specified by the government.[2] The government can only specify an activity if it believes that it causes poor living conditions or treatment for the animals involved.[2]
The Act covers activities where animals are subject to unnecessary suffering or are kept in confinement, for example, their use in tourist entertainment.[3] It also allows the government to bring forward a ban on the advertising and sale of specific unethical activities abroad where animals are kept in captivity or confinement, subjected to cruel and brutal training methods, forced to take selfies or are ridden, drugged and de-clawed.[4]
This legislation was introduced by Angela Richardson MP and Lord Black of Brentwood, and it was supported by the government.[5]
External links
- ANIMALS (LOW-WELFARE ACTIVITIES ABROAD) BILL
- Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill debates Parallel Parliament
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023 uk.gov
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023 simplegov.uk
- ↑ Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill HL Bill 122 of 2022–23 House of Lords
- ↑ Press release: Legislation to clamp down on cruel animal experiences abroad gov.uk
- ↑ Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023 Parliamentary Bills