| Farm Animals

Farm animal welfare is one of the biggest challenges to try to improve the welfare of such a large number of animals. APGAW believes it is important to raise awareness of welfare issues, to offer information and to consider all areas affecting farm animal welfare which can include diet, environment, management, health, transport and slaughter to see what improvements could be made.

Key Issues

APGAW has been campaigning for some time to see a ban on live transport of animals and it is looking likely this will happen post Brexit. We support local food production where animals are reared close to the point of production and there is infrastructure to support that. We support the objective to have the highest international welfare standards and to ensure these standards are protected within trade negotiations.  We do not want good welfare standards undermined by cheap imports produced to lower standards and APGAW will be working to prevent this.

APGAW supports labelling of meat with method of production and transparency around the way in which farm animals are reared and slaughtered. We have concerns around non-stun slaughter and we also have concerns around large supplies chains resulting in animals being transported for long distances across the UK. 

The Group is supportive of work around welfare outcomes and Health & Welfare Pathways and welcomes the Government’s inclusion of animal welfare as a public good. We believe there is a lot of scope to support high welfare production and will work with key stakeholders to keep seeking opportunities to lift standards for farm animals