Finally, after the first public consultation two and a half years ago and 22 years since the knee-jerk and ineffective Dangerous Dogs Act was rushed through Parliament, yesterday saw the government announcement its proposals aimed at tackling welfare and irresponsible dog ownership.

The package of measures include, among...

Our countryside could soon be peppered with the bodies of badgers, if the government's proposed cull of badgers goes ahead as planned in large areas of west Somerset and west Gloucestershire.

The cull is the government's proposed solution to control the spread of bovineTB and if it goes ahead...

People all over the country punched the air in delight when in March, the long overdue ban on wild animals in circuses in England was announced by the Westminster government, with a licensing scheme planned for the interim. Finally, after over a decade of campaigning, an act of mercy towards...