Livestock: Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 122761 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the protections under section 1(3A) of the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 for livestock and farmers where livestock have straye
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 31 Mar 2026
The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953, as amended, covers livestock worrying incidents that take place on roads and paths, such as when animals are being moved from one field to another or where the person in charge of the dog causes it to attack st...