Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 76903
Animal Welfare: Offensive Weapons
Tabled: 12 September 2025
Answered: 22 September 2025
Question
Alex Brewer
Liberal Democrat — North East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of catapults on wildlife; and what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that wildlife is not (a) maimed and (b) ki
Answer
Mary CreaghThe Government takes crimes against wildlife seriously and is aware of the ongoing misuse of catapults against wildlife. The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 protects all wild birds and some wild animals in England and Wales. While the Act does not speci...
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