Animal Welfare: Prosecutions
Commons · Question 38404 · Tabled 14 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants were (a) prosecuted and (b) found guilty of offences under each relevant section of (i) the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, (ii) the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, (iii) the Deer Act 1991,
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 24 Mar 2025
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions and convictions offences under i) the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, (ii) the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, (iii) the Deer Act 1991, (iv) the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 and (v) the Hunti...