It is remarkable that a country prepared to ban almost anything appears unwilling to take action against the small number of breeds responsible for the overwhelming majority of dangerous attacks.
DEFRA should aim to produce, based on a representative sample of farms, estimates of the welfare status of each farmed animal in the UK.
We propose a new fund providing competitive grants exclusively to micro and small charities, which often provide services in isolated communities. And regulations should be set proportionate to charity income.
If we do not act, we risk having some of the highest standards in the world… with no one producing to them.
Updated info, better data sharing, due diligence from prospective owners – all would make a difference.
A better division of labour between the CPS and RSPCA would help to ensure that increasingly sophisticated criminal gangs face justice.
I, for one, see this new Commission as further evidence that the Government will take expert advice that benefits farmers and consumers.
The ban is underpinned by a failure to understand essential differences between two distinct types of device. Pets and people suffer as a result.
Such “culprits” may exist, but the issue looks much more like one of systemic failures. We need to address those issues if we want to ensure and sustain fairness and equality of arms in our criminal justice system.