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Puppy farming, snare traps and trail hunting to be banned
Puppy farms, trail hunting and snare traps are all set to be banned under animal welfare reforms being introduced by the government.
Ministers have today unveiled the government's Animal Welfare Strategy, which also takes aim at other measures seen as cruel, such as shock collars, as well as cages and crates for farm animals. But while proposals to improve animals' lives have been welcomed, Labour have been accused of acting like "authoritarian control freaks" for plans to ban trail hunting by 2029.
This is the practice that sees an animal scent laid through the countryside, which then allows riders and dogs to 'hunt' the smell. Labour banned fox hunting outright in 2004, but Sir Keir Starmer's government has suggested trail hunting is now "being used as a smokescreen for hunting" foxes.
Announcing the reforms, Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds said: "This government is delivering the most ambitious animal welfare strategy in a generation. "Our strategy will raise welfare standards for animals in the home, on the farm and in the wild." Under the proposals, puppy farms - large-scale sites where dogs are bred intensively - will be banned.
This is because these farms can see breeding dogs kept in "appalling conditions" and "denied proper care.
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