Party Policies

Animal welfare policies in the Conservative manifesto are outlined below. You can read the full manifesto online.

On Animal Aid’s four election asks:

None of these appear in the manifesto.

Other key animal policies include:

• Tougher sentences for animal cruelty
• Crack down on the illegal smuggling of dogs and puppies.
• New laws on animal sentience.
• End excessively long journeys for slaughter and fattening
• Bring the ivory ban into force and extend it to cover other ivory-bearing species
• Ban imports from trophy hunting of endangered animals.
• Ban keeping primates as pets.
• Bring forward cat micro chipping.