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Livestock: Animal Welfare

Commons · Question 62313 · Tabled 24 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 1 Jul 2025

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Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 60563 on Livestock: Death, how many breaches of animal welfare regulations during periods of extreme weather have been recorded by the

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 1 Jul 2025

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) was made aware that the meat chicken sector experienced high mortality during the heat spell in July 2022. when an estimate of four million meat chickens died of heat stroke during two days of extreme heat. APHA i...