Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 60285

Livestock: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 16 June 2025

Answered: 23 June 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help farmers protect livestock from predation.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

There are various lethal and non-lethal approaches available to farmers to help them protect their livestock from predation. Under the Environmental Land Management standalone Capital Grants scheme, the item ‘FG1: Fencing’ primarily provides funding for f...

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