Livestock: Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 62313 · Tabled 24 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Question
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...