Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 28 November 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Welfare at Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 are applicable for animals killed for food in private homes.
The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 implement and enforce retained Regulation 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing. There are specific legislative protections in these regulations concerning the killing of animals, including invertebrates, bred or kept for the production of food, wool, skin, fur, or other products when killed by their owner for the owner’s private domestic consumption. It is an offence to cause or permit such an animal to sustain any avoidable pain, distress or suffering in their restraint, stunning, and killing. Anyone restraining, stunning, or killing such an animal must have the knowledge and skill to do so humanely.
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