• Ending the export of live animals for fattening & slaughter 
• Tackling the illegal puppy trade 
• Banning primates as pets 
• Improving the standards of zoos 

• Banning the import of hunting trophies from endangered species  
• Exploring action in the area of a fur import and sales ban 
• Building an evidence base to ban the import and sale of foie gras from force-feeding  
• Banning the advertising and sale of specific, unacceptable practices abroad e.g. elephant riding 

• Finally implementing the Ivory Act of 2018, banning the trade in ivory in the UK 
• Not compromising on animal welfare in trade negotiations 

• Reforming live transport regulations of farmed animals  
• Introducing further reforms on cages for laying hens and farrowing crates for pigs 
• Launching the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway that will replace the EU subsidy scheme 
• Consulting on food labelling so that people can buy food aligned with their values 

In 2019, the Government consulted on a ban on the import of hunting trophies from endangered species which received over 44,000 responses showing clear public and conservation group support for tighter restrictions⁵. 

Our Government and our Prime Minister have repeatedly promised this ban since the Queen’s Speech in 2019. In December 2021, Environment Secretary George Eustice even announced plans to extend the ban past the initial manifesto commitment, to encompass over 1,000 additional near-threatened species such as zebra and reindeer. 

Since 2015, British hunters have brought home around 5,000 hunting trophies, including 996 from endangered species⁶. In 2019 alone, the UK saw the body parts of 15 African elephants, 34 baboons, 12 leopards, and 12 lions cross its borders. 

In February 2022, polling revealed that 86% of voters demand an immediate ban on trophy hunting imports¹. Staggeringly, among supporters of the Conservative Party, this figure rises to 92%, with just 1% of Conservative voters disagreeing.  

With such an overwhelming majority supporting this ban, we believe the minor acknowledgement in this year’s Queen’s Speech to being ‘committed to legislation to ban the import of hunting trophies’ simply is not enough.  

We will work hard to ensure this vital legislation becomes a reality rather than yet another empty promise. 

It is not enough that fur farming has been illegal in the UK for more than 20 years, when 100 million animals continue to suffer and die for their fur each year, to be traded and sold as commodities including in this country. To achieve a truly #FurFreeBritain, the Government must end our complicity in this cruel practice and ban the sale and import of fur into the UK.  

In 2021, you heard our call to arms with over 1 millions signatures handed into Number 10 Downing Street and countless supporters submitting responses to a Government consultation, expressing disbelief and disdain that this trade is still allowed to persist in the UK. Despite a staggering 30,000 responses being submitted with an overwhelming majority calling for a ban, the Government has still not published the responses.  

The omission of fur in the Queen’s Speech is a heavy blow, but rest assured that we will continue to work with MPs and the Government to deliver the public’s wishes for a #FurFreeBritain. 

In the UK, millions of farmed animals are languishing in small, overcrowded cages, unable to express their natural behaviours and suffering needlessly.  

We have been calling on the Government to #EndtheCageAge for all farmed animals and eliminate these inhumane farming systems once and for all.   

In 2021, alongside other animal welfare NGOs, we garnered over 100,000 signatures to a parliamentary e-petition asking the Government to follow in the footsteps of the European Commission and ban cages for all farmed animals by 2027.  

We are now waiting for the Petition Committees to schedule a debate on this topic in the House of Commons. Despite promises in the Government’s APAW that consultations on cage keeping would be announced, a year on and we are still waiting for any progress in this area. 

The UK banned the production of foie gras in 2006, acknowledging the cruel and barbaric methods used to produce it.  

However, we continue to import around 220 tonnes of foie gras into the UK each year⁷, perpetuating the abuse of thousands of force-fed ducks and geese abroad. 

Earlier this year, the Government threatened to drop the planned ban on the sale and import of force-fed foie gras due to internal opposition from cabinet ministers on the grounds of consumption being a ‘personal choice.’ 

However, recent polling shows that this ‘personal choice’ is not a popular opinion and 77% of citizens believe the Government should ban the import of animal products, such as fur and foie gras, where their production methods are already banned in the UK⁴. Over three-quarters of the nation stand by a ban on this trade, so why then has this critical issue been left off the parliamentary agenda? 

Across the world, wild animals are suffering purely for the entertainment of tourists.  

If you can hug, touch, ride, or take a photo with a wild animal, it has likely suffered from some form of cruelty to make this interaction possible. This is why we always ask people to Travel Kind.  

Experiences such as elephant riding and swimming with dolphins are outdated and serve no purpose in the 21st century. Eco-tourism holidays that allow you to marvel at wild animals in their natural habitat are the only way to truly appreciate their beauty.  

A ban on the sale of cruel animal experiences would ensure that British tourists can book a holiday safe in the knowledge that they are not contributing to the suffering of animals. With 90% of the British public supporting such a ban, which is also a 2019 election manifesto commitment by the Government, we are dismayed to see its lack of appearance in the Queen’s Speech.