Animal Welfare Act - landowner responsibilities

[tabithakat64]

Can anyone help me find the appropriate bit of the animal welfare act that covers land owner responsibility to provide water or to allow the provision of water for animals on their land?

many thanks

 

[AmyMay]

Surely that would be the Animal Welfare Act

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Check section 4 and 9, it should be in one or the other.
I'm not at home yet, will check later.
Link to rummage in here https://www.gov.uk/guidance/keeping-horses-commercially

 

[AmyMay]

Animal Welfare Act 2006

An Act to make provision about animal welfare; and for connected purposes.

www.legislation.gov.uk

 

[kathantoinette]

How does this work for common land where owners water tethered horses a few times a day with water brought in from somewhere else?

 

[Highmileagecob]

If it became a welfare issue, I think the RSPCA would go after the keeper of the animals for nor providing water rather than the land owner.

 

[YourValentine]

If livestock and not horses, you can report to local trading standards (random but who you report to) as a cross compliance breach and they should send an inspector out.

See Cross Compliance SMR13: Animal welfare

 

[Fieldlife]

I am not sure the land owner has any legal requirement to provide or facilitate provision of water on his land. I think the requirement to provide water sits with the owner or person looking after animals. You can bring water by vehicle if needed. I think if animals do not have water the carer is legally responsible.

 

[Gamebird]

I am not sure the land owner has any legal requirement to provide or facilitate provision of water on his land. I think the requirement to provide water sits with the owner or person looking after animals. You can bring water by vehicle if needed. I think if animals do not have water the carer is legally responsible.

Correct. There is no onus on the landowner. The onus is on the keeper of the animals.

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Correct. There is no onus on the landowner. The onus is on the keeper of the animals.

Yes, agreed. Unless landowner is charging for any form of livery service directly to the animals owners
Landowners responsibility is for livestock straying (fences).

 

[ihatework]

Yes, agreed. Unless landowner is charging for any form of livery service directly to the animals owners
Landowners responsibility is for livestock straying (fences).

Even grass DIY?
I’ve leased/shared fields over the last few years without water and it’s been up to us the carers of the horses to supply the water. We were paying accordingly for lower level of facilities

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Even grass DIY?
I’ve leased/shared fields over the last few years without water and it’s been up to us the carers of the horses to supply the water. We were paying accordingly for lower level of facilities

Renting or leasing the grazing direct then yes its the stock owners responsibility as you mention, unless it's in any contract or statement that xyz is/is not supplied.
I too rented adjacent land for years and had very reduced rent due to supplying own water and that it was mostly marsh and unusable over winter.
Landowner was savvy enough to remind me annually to keep the 2 external boundary fences secure as he didn't want to 'be done' for straying stock getting out.
Different when you are paying livery though, as far as I understand.

 

[ycbm]

I thought landowners now had a duty of care to any animal on land they own? This wouldn't make it a duty to provide water, but it would make it a duty to ensure that the owners of the animals do.,

Am I wrong about that?
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[blitznbobs]

I thought landowners now had a duty of care to any animal on land they own? This wouldn't make it a duty to provide water, but it would make it a duty to ensure that the owners of the animals do.,

Am I wrong about that?
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It depends how the land is let - if its on a lease then its as if the leasee owns the land