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Successful amendment to Sentience Bill reassures those who work with animals

he new Animal Sentience Committee will now have to respect cultural traditions, religion, and heritage when scrutinising government policy following a successful amendment, which has been supported by BASC, to the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill. A group of 31 MPs proposed an amendment accepted by the government at the report stage of the Animal Welfare (Sentience)… Read more »

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Ruger named top dog at Crufts

Flat-coated retriever Ruger was crowned overall winner of the BASC Gamekeepers’ classes at Crufts 2022. The Best in Show – Gamekeepers’ Ring winner Ruger – or Satinbaze Cracksman For Blacktoft to give him his full name, is owned by Helen Fox and was handled throughout the day and evening by her daughter, Megan. After a… Read more »

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Raoul Moat was tasered while police tried to prevent his suicide.
PM attacks ‘public sympathy’ for killer Moat

By Ian Dunt David Cameron has hit out at the “wave of public sympathy” for Raoul Moat, the killer whose one-week chase from the police ended in his death this weekend. Asked about a Facebook page in which several members of the public had criticised the police for the six-hour siege which ended in Moat’s… Read more »

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William Hague has called for `judge-led` inquiry
Britain waits for torture inquiry announcement

By Alex Stevenson David Cameron could confirm an inquiry into British complicity in the torture of terror suspects later. The prime minister is understood to have agreed the terms to an inquiry led by a judge, it has been widely reported. Foreign secretary William Hague had already called for a “judge-led” inquiry to investigate the… Read more »