@Soph8K@JournoJane@DavidBowles21@RSPCA_official@ciwf@ConservativeAWF 1/ In the debate it’s important to distinguish between relative & absolute standards. Brexit debate eg EU/UK vs US standards is really about relative standards. EU/UK standards far higher than US.
@Soph8K@JournoJane@DavidBowles21@RSPCA_official@ciwf@ConservativeAWF 2/ Eg barren battery cages banned in EU, permitted in US; sow stalls regulated (4 weeks) EU, unregulated in US (whole lives); veal crates banned EU; permitted US; EU has far higher standards vs US eg stocking densities, provision bedding, mutilations etc.
Jun 26, 2019 • 12 tweets • 11 min read
@BritishVets@ElenaEG4A@vetlife 1/ Thanks @BritishVets for your reply. I commented because it seemed to me that the national veterinary body should take the opportunity of #worldwellbeingweek to promote the wellbeing of sentient animals as well as human beings.
@BritishVets@ElenaEG4A@vetlife 2/ After all, there are only ~20,000 vets & ~12,500 nurses in UK. In contrast there are ~1 billion land farm animals killed annually, ~4-5 billion further marine animals killed & ~4 million experimental procedures on sentient animals used in research. Also ~16 million cats & dogs
