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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jane Dalton

Activists celebrate ‘landmark’ animal welfare reforms that ban hen cages and pig farrowing crates

Activists are celebrating “landmark” animal welfare reforms that could spare millions of animals from being gassed to death or suffering in cramped cages while being farmed for their meat, eggs or fur.

In its animal welfare strategy, whose provisions have been branded “the most ambitious welfare reforms in a generation”, the government has set out its plan for an overhaul of the legislation that covers the way that farm animals, pets and wildlife are treated.

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