Ian Cawsey MP writing on Labour’s 1,000 days in power and their accomplishments for animals

• Got the EU to agree to classify farm animals as sentient beings not agricultural products
• A new directive for farm animal welfare--also EU-wide
• Gained EU agreement to phase out battery hens
• New welfare codes for sheep
• Better stocking densities for broiler chickens
• Improved guidelines on welfare standards at markets
• Higher training standards for those dealing with handling livestock
• Implemented the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997
• Led calls for animal welfare to be included at the WTO
• Higher veterinary standards for live exports and tighter regulations
• Refused to approve long-distance journey plans last summer
• A Bill to ban fur farms
• Banned religious slaughter except in a licensed slaughterhouse
• Supported the Bill to ban puppy farms
• Led EU to ban drift nets on the high seas to protect dolphins
• New protection code for marine mammals in UK waters
• Added basking sharks to CITES agreement to protect endangered species
• Supported a ban on electric lamps in whaling
• Sent a circular to all councils reminding them of their powers to inspect and regulate circuses
• Increased resources to monitor and regulate animal experiments
• Created a forum with non-governmental organizations to discuss animal experiments
• Banned testing on animals for cosmetics
• Banned use of great apes and dogs in testing
• Banned LD50 test
• Banned tests on animals for tobacco, alcohol and weapons research
• Gained EU agreement for a zoo directive
• Set up a zoo forum
• Banned deer hunting on Forestry Commission land
• Promised government time for a hunting with dogs bill
• Introduced a Bill to strengthen the protection of wildlife