To ask you to sign this petition if you care about animal welfare

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It is being reported in the Observer that a recent government letter states that the UK govt has “no policy position on animal welfare” in its trade talks with the US, which opens the door to the import of low welfare meat. It also allows our farmers who currently have higher welfare standards to be undercut (if they don’t lower environmental and welfare standards to be able to compete).

We should be improving animal welfare and environmental standards, not going backwards!

The observer article

www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jun/06/uk-accused-u-turn-animal-welfare-us-trade-talks?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The petition

www.change.org/p/george-eustice-mp-future-trade-deals-must-not-compromise-uk-farm-animal-welfare-and-public-health-standards

The worry is that we’ll be so desperate to sign up to something with the US (or any other country) as an EU agreement is not guaranteed, that we will accept their demands for lower welfare, and no labelling. Those is our chance to say to the government we won’t be happy with that.

Not sure if it will help but I've also emailed my MP, asking him to confirm his stance and asking him to sign the petitions too

Good idea Frankly, I think that’s something that really helped sway opinion in the DC debacle and is useful now. (Not that it changed the outcome but hey ho!).

Will do that too.

Bump - hoping for more 🤞🏻

Signed

That’s fab Vamoosh thanks👍

Bumping for you, OP

Thanks pickwick👍

Bump

Have signed both.

Done and shared on Facebook

Signed and bumped