Outrage from campaigners as Rishi Sunak ditches landmark animal rights bill trends now
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Ministers faced a backlash from animal welfare campaigners last night after ditching flagship legislation giving new protections to farm animals and pets.
In a move that also triggered Tory anger, environment minister Mark Spencer said the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill would be abandoned despite having almost completed its progress through the Commons.
The legislation would have delivered on a string of Tory manifesto commitments, including ending live animal exports, cracking down on puppy smuggling and banning people keeping primates as pets.
Ministers had also pledged to use the law to tackle other animal welfare issues, including creating a new offence of pet abduction and tightening the law on sheep worrying.
The Bill had been dubbed ‘Carrie’s Law’ by some MPs to recognise the influence of former prime minister Boris Johnson’s
