Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 62312

Livestock: Transport

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, whether his Department plans to review the temperature threshold for transporting farm animals in the contex

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

It is the responsibility of authorised transporters to ensure that any compromise to animal welfare is minimised during transport and that unnecessary suffering does not occur. Defra has published research detailing adaptations which farms could implement...

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