Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 47544

Livestock Worrying

Tabled: 23 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of Gladis' Law.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Countryside Code already provides comprehensive guidance for dog walkers and highlights that it is best practice to keep dogs on a lead around livestock. Although it is not mandatory under The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 for a dog to be ke...
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