Kerry McCarthy, the Labour MP for Bristol East, has been appointed shadow secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Jeremy Corbyn. Ms McCarthy is a vegan, a Vice President of the League Against Cruel Sports and has…
DEFRA-funded research into the use of raised laying units was published today (24 July), and supports the existing DEFRA Code for the Welfare of Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes, used by the British gamebird industry. The research shows that the…
The Lead Ammunition Group (LAG) has come under yet closer scrutiny, as ex-members team up to deliver an alternative report to DEFRA. Members of the group who resigned from the LAG in protest at its “abuses of process” have submitted their own report to DEFRA,…
The Austrian government is apparently abandoning research into the phasing-out of lead ammunition
Rural areas could add another £350bn a year to the economy if more policies supported rural economic development, according to a report from Defra. About 28 per cent of England’s businesses are rural, but they contribute just 19 per cent of total economic output and have…
Defra has unveiled a bovine TB eradication plan that aims to rid England of the disease by the year 2038. Under the new scheme the country will be divided up into three distinct disease control areas, dubbed High Risk Areas, Low Risk…
In another effort to turn the UK government and public against the badger cull, Queen guitarist Brian May has adopted a method he at least knows more about than he does wildlife: song writing
Red tape around public footpaths is to be slashed, Defra says, making it both easier to declare new public rights of way and to declare old routes defunct.
