The UK government is embarking on an 'Action Plan for Animal Welfare' which will see increased protections for domestic, livestock and wild animals.
After decades of campaigning from animal rights groups, animals will finally be formally recognised as sentient in UK law.
This legal protection will be part of the government’s new ‘Action Plan for Animal Welfare’ which will roll out over the next few years.
Back in 2006, the UK’s Animal Welfare Act legally recognised that animals can feel pain and suffering, but this new sentience marker goes much further.
The Action Plan promises to ensure that government ministers are held accountable to Parliament for the way they take animal welfare into account when making policy decisions.
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