Reports by Advocates for Animals
The OneKind Manifesto for Animal Welfare (PDF | 710KB)
This OneKind Manifesto from Advocates for Animals sets out some key recommendations for the next UK government, and the next Parliament. Compassion, respect and protection of animals must be the responsibility of everyone. That’s what OneKind is all about. But Parliament can make a significant difference by setting a clear agenda to prioritise the welfare and protection of animals.
Is culling of grey squirrels a viable tactic to conserve red squirrel populations? (PDF | 203KB)
The purpose of this document is two-fold. It aims to describe evidence from the scientific literature about the costs (financial and ecological), benefits and role of grey squirrel culling in red squirrel conservation while at the same time examining whether grey squirrel culling is a long-term solution to red squirrel conservation or whether other solutions need to be developed.
A Seal's Fate: The animal welfare implications of shooting seals in Scotland (PDF | 1.2MB)
Scotland has internationally important populations of grey and common seals around its coast. Serious declines in population of common seals in some areas have raised conservation concerns and been widely reported. However, the welfare implications of shooting seals in Scottish waters have never been properly addressed. April 2009.
Protection for seals in Scotland under the Scottish Marine Bill (PDF | 1.1MB)
If properly considered and amended, the Scottish Marine Bill can provide new, much-needed protection for Scotland’s seals. In this briefing paper Advocates for Animals set out some of the historic concerns about the inadequate Conservation of Seals Act 1970 that allows these iconic animals to be persecuted and killed, and explains why the suffering must stop. April 2009.
Why the tail docking of dogs should be prohibited
Tail-docking involves the amputation of most or part of a dog’s tail. The amputation is usually done when puppies are between two and five days old, using scissors or nail-clippers or sometimes with a tight rubber band that cuts off the blood supply to the tail.
The Price of a Pedigree - Dog breed standards and breed-related illness (PDF | 1MB)
Many members of the public are led to believe that when they buy a pedigree puppy they are buying the highest quality and healthiest dog. But this is often far from true.
Cephalopods and Decapod Crustaceans
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Animal protection legislation has tended to include only vertebrates (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish) and exclude cephalopods and decapod crustaceans on the grounds that they are nonsentient and, therefore, incapable of suffering. However, the belief that these animals are non-sentient is very questionable. In view of current scientific understanding of the nervous systems and behaviour of cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus) and decapod crustaceans (lobster, crab and crayfish), there is now an urgent need to amend and update all relevant legislation. 2005
