OneKind blog
The OneKind manifesto
19 March 2015
With the countdown on until Parliament dissolves on 30 March ahead of the General Election we’ve published our manifesto for animals. We all...
Government statement on household product testing
12 March 2015
The UK government has today announced the steps it will take to limit the use of animals for testing household products. Minister of State for Crime...
All Scottish dogs to be microchipped from next year
05 March 2015
OneKind welcomes the the announcement that all dogs in Scotland will need to be microchipped from April 2016 under a planned change in the...
The joy of pets
24 February 2015
What quality of life do you think a tarantula has in Taunton? Or what kind of habitat a python has in Perth? OneKind believes that laws across the UK...
Exotics trade is rough on animals
15 February 2015
What do you think when you hear the word “pet”? Do you think “dog” or “cat”? Or, in a wider sense, a...
FAWC recommends comprehensive uptake of CCTV in slaughterhouses
04 February 2015
This week has produced yet another devastating exposé of cruelty to animals in a UK slaughterhouse - another piece of outstanding work by...
Victories in fight against wildlife persecution
13 January 2015
It always strikes me as a bit odd that when we talk about crimes against wildlife we always refer to them as ‘wildlife crime’. Why not...
Resolutions for animals
06 January 2015
A new year, a new me. That is often the refrain that rings out as we leave one year and enter a new one. Many of us make New Year resolutions often...
Member States sign joint declaration on animal welfare
16 December 2014
OneKind welcomes the Animal Welfare Declaration signed this week by Sharon Dijksma, the Dutch Minister of Agriculture; Christian Schmidt, the German...
Intensive farming of insects not the answer to climate change
12 December 2014
A recent article by columnist John Vincent in the Metro newspaper suggests that we should avoid climate change by tucking into a diet of insects. It...
