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I should think it’s a more sustainable method of population control, due to being less indiscriminate. But it’s an interesting...

I reject the suggestion that concerns over religious slaughter are Islamophobia. It is concern that religious practices are being placed...

It is apparantly less than 50 convictions since 2004 for trail hunting though many other things will have been offences under the...

Of course, but its also been clearly stated that the intention is to only close the loophole allowing the use of animal scent trails.

The law currently allows for following an animal based scent. If the law allows for driving at 30mph that is what people will do even...

I'm not disagreeing with you - fox scent was allowed because that helped the HA get through and many thought the ban would be...

I think the ministry of justice figures show that Trail Hunting offences are very few but are often conflated with hunting offences...

Some hunts haven't followed the law because they have caught and killed foxes,not because of any particular scent which is what this law...

Do you think ritual slaughter is matter of animal welfare? If so, it perhaps should be included in the proposed new legislation, though...

They have had 20 years to follow the law, which explicitly allows for following an animal based scent. Right or wrong, that is The...

Yay! A second dog 🤩 I used a crate with my lad to give my older girl (sadly no longer with us) certainty of peace and quiet. The crate...

To a degree I agree with you but fairness is an absolute necessity, along with proportionality, in a liberal, tolerant society. I don't...

But in animal welfare terms the impact of ritual slaughter is far greater than illegal hunting which has had a tiny number of...

That's my view - it's a welfare bill not solely looking at hunting. I think the stuff on dogs harassing livestock seems well written and...

Under the proposed law, which is around animal welfare it would be bizarre, logically, not to include Halal and Kosher slaughter tbh as...