Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 18329

Horse Racing: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 5 December 2024
Answered: 12 December 2024

Question

Cameron Thomas

IndependentTewkesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure animal welfare standards are (a) observed and (b) reviewed in the horse racing industry.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA), British racing's governing and regulatory body, is responsible for the welfare of racehorses at British racecourses. The BHA works alongside the RSPCA and World Horse Welfare to make horseracing as safe as possible...

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