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Livestock Worrying

Commons · Question 46595 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 28 Apr 2025

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Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help provide (a) support and (b) resources to farmers to protect their livestock from dog attacks.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 28 Apr 2025

This government recognises the distress livestock worrying can cause animals and their keepers. This Government is supporting a Private Members’ Bill which will amend and update the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953. The Bill will modernise definiti...