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Ending cruelty to Scotland's animals

OneKind manifesto 2021

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For the 2021 elections to the Scottish Parliament, OneKind is calling on all parties and candidates to prioritise animal welfare in the next session. We look forward to working together to make Scotland a better place for animals. OneKind is calling for: Education to improve understanding of companion animal needs, and regulation of how they… Read more

Fireworks in Scotland consultation

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OneKind’s response to the Scottish Government consultation on fireworks in which we believe there should be stronger regulations on the sale and use of fireworks to make sure animals are not caused unnecessary suffering.

Good Food Nation consultation

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OneKind’s response to the consultation on the Good Food National Proposals for Legislation in which we believe that quality food must include animal welfare.

OneKind Animal Advocates – CCTV consultation brief

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This briefing was produced to help OneKind Animal Advocates answer the Scottish Government’s consultation on introduction of compulsory closed circuit TV recording of slaughter at abattoirs in Scotland

Animal sentience & Brexit – Briefing note

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Briefing note on maintaining in Scottish law after Brexit the principle of animal sentience and the requirement that policy-making pays regards to animal welfare. 

Brexit – getting the best deal for animals

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Brexit poses a wide range of challenges and opportunities to animal welfare in Scotland and the UK. These are described in this report, Brexit – getting the best deal for animals, produced by a partnership of 37 animal welfare charities including OneKind.

Brexit & Animals

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A 10 point plan for animal welfare as the United Kingdom exits from the European Union.

Review Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act Aug 2016

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These comments on the proposed review of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 were submitted to the Scottish Government in August 2016. We make the case for stronger sentencing of animal cruelty crimes, new secondary legislation to make the Act more effective and greater effort and support for enforcement at the Local Authority… Read more

OneKind Manifesto Scottish Election 2016

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For the 2016 elections to the Scottish Parliament, OneKind animal protection charity is calling on all parties and candidates to prioritise animal welfare in the next session. We look forward to working together to make Scotland a better place for animals. OneKind is calling for: Review of Scotland’s main animal welfare legislation Make welfare in… Read more

Why go cage-free?

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Hens need to walk, run, fly, scratch, dust-bathe and peck. But most of the UK’s 36 million laying hens (about 6 million in Scotland) live in cages stacked in windowless sheds containing tens of thousands birds or more.

What’s wrong with foie gras?

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Foie gras (literally ‘fatty liver’) is produced by force feeding ducks and geese a mixture of maize, salt and fat, two to three times a day, for between 12 and 21 days.

Time to ban non-stun slaughter

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Proponents of non-stun slaughter believe that the operation can be humane, providing it is properly carried out.

Farm Assurance Schemes and Animal Welfare 2012

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How the schemes compare. Consumers are increasingly concerned about the welfare of food-producing animals. However, a lack of clear information on the welfare standards for the animals used in the production of different products is a significant barrier to ethical purchasing and consumer choice (Report produced with support from Compassion in World Farming)

Farm Assurance Schemes and Animal Welfare

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Overall, the Soil Association achieved the highest scores for all of the species covered by the analysis. This scheme offers many welfare benefits compared with standard industry practice and the scheme standards would be expected to provide a significantly higher standard of welfare than that provided by adherence to minimum legislative requirements.

The OneKind Manifesto for Animal Welfare 2011

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This OneKind Manifesto sets out some key recommendations for the next Scottish Parliament. Compassion, respect and protection of animals must be the responsibility of everyone. That’s what OneKind is all about. But Parliament can make a significant difference by setting a clear agenda to prioritise the welfare and protection of animals.

Red tractor Farm Assurance Standards Consultation

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OneKind has responded to a review of technical standards by the UK organisation Assured Food Standards (AFS) that develops and promotes the Red Tractor farm assurance scheme.  

OneKind Manifesto for Animal Welfare

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This OneKind Manifesto sets out some key recommendations for the next UK government, and the next Parliament. Compassion, respect and protection of animals must be the responsibility of everyone. That’s what OneKind is all about. But Parliament can make a significant difference by setting a clear agenda to prioritise the welfare and protection of animals.

Beak trimming of laying hens

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The large majority of commercial laying hens are still routinely beak-trimmed in all types of husbandry systems. In about 90% of cases, the infra-red (IR)-beam method is used, which has superseded the hot-blade method of beak-trimming in most hatcheries.

Consultation on castration and tail docking of lambs

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We believe that routine painful mutilations such as castration and tail-docking of food animals are out of step with modern standards of respect for animal welfare and would like to see the Scottish Government, the industry and food retailers taking urgent measures to phase them out entirely.

Broiler Chickens legislation

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We welcome the opportunity to comment on the proposed Regulations for the welfare of broiler chickens. We are strongly opposed to the inclusion of the option for producers to stock at levels above 33kg/m2.

Consultation on the Future for Food in Scotland

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We welcome the opportunity to contribute to the consultation on a national food policy for Scotland. We support the view that Scotland must aim to guarantee a future where food is wholesome, healthy and produced in an environmentally- and animal-welfare-friendly way.

A Painful Reality – why painful mutilations of animals must be reviewed

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Painful Reality examines a large number of mutilations that are performed on animals in Scotland today, mainly in the farming industry. The Scottish Executive proposes to legislate to exempt these procedures, and a number of others, from the general ban on mutilations provided by Section 20 of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006.

Consultation on Schools (Nutrition) Bill

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We welcome many of the proposals on nutrition and health promotion in Scottish schools, in particular the many references to fruit, vegetables and cereals. It is of course essential that children are provided with all the essential nutrients which make up a healthy diet and it is imperative that the idea of healthy eating should… Read more

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