Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 122761

Livestock: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 23 March 2026

Answered: 31 March 2026

Question

Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the protections under section 1(3A) of the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 for livestock and farmers where livestock have straye

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953, as amended, covers livestock worrying incidents that take place on roads and paths, such as when animals are being moved from one field to another or where the person in charge of the dog causes it to attack st...

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