The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is implementing the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway, a comprehensive reform programme to strengthen animal welfare standards, enforcement, and training across England. The pathway includes mandatory proposals, penalty notice frameworks, and provisions for improved consistency in animal welfare officer training and local authority coordination.
In response to: Animal Health and Welfare Pathway
Seeking views on proposed new measures to enhance livestock health and welfare for cattle, sheep and pigs in England.
The Pathway will push forward and support the gradual and continual improvement in farm animal health and welfare.