Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 62313

Livestock: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 24 June 2025

Answered: 1 July 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 60563 on Livestock: Death, how many breaches of animal welfare regulations during periods of extreme weather have been recorded by the

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) was made aware that the meat chicken sector experienced high mortality during the heat spell in July 2022. when an estimate of four million meat chickens died of heat stroke during two days of extreme heat. APHA i...

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