WELFARE OF ANIMALS
- Session: 2005-06
- Date tabled: 17.05.2005
- Primary sponsor:
- Sponsors:
That this House believes that all animals should be treated as sentient beings and is concerned that unacceptable practices where animals are treated as objects continue; further believes that all animals, at whatever stage of evolution, deserve protection and recognition; welcomes New Zealand's decision to introduce a bill to grant apes certain basic rights; and calls upon the Government to improve the welfare and status of all animals in the United Kingdom.