Tags: Animal Welfare
Former farming minister calls for free vote on religious slaughter
Posted: Tue, 02 Jul 2019
A former farming minister has called on all political parties to make restrictions on religious non-stun slaughter a free vote issue. Read More »
Animal welfare groups ask government to end non-stun slaughter
Posted: Fri, 08 Feb 2019
Animal welfare advocates are urging the government to repeal a legal exemption which allows the religious non-stun slaughter of animals. Read More »
Non-stun slaughter ban comes into effect in northern Belgium
Posted: Wed, 02 Jan 2019
A ban on the slaughter of animals without pre-stunning has come into effect in the Flanders region of Belgium. Read More »
NSS welcomes Lancashire decision on non-stunned meat in schools
Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2018
The NSS has welcomed Lancashire County Council's ratification of its decision to stop supplying most non-stunned halal meat to schools. Read More »
NSS: Labour animal welfare plan will not end unnecessary suffering
Posted: Wed, 14 Feb 2018
The NSS says Labour's proposals to introduce mandatory method of slaughter labelling do not do enough to promote animal welfare. Read More »
Belgium’s Walloon region to end slaughter of animals without pre-stunning
Posted: Thu, 11 May 2017
A committee of the Walloon Parliament has voted to ban the slaughter of animals without pre-stunning, a move welcomed by secularists and animal rights campaigners. Read More »
